JUDGE JACKSON, WELCOME. YOU ARE INDEED TO BE CONGRATULATED AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO VISIT. AND TO YOUR DAUGHTERS, HER BEST JOB IS BEING MOM. SHE LIKES THAT ONE. WE HAVE TALKED IT LITTLE ABOUT THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION THAT THIS IS, BECAUSE, UNLIKE ANY OTHER FEDERAL OFFICE, THIS IS A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT. THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ARE GOING TO IMPACT RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CITIZEN. PRESIDENT BIDEN THINKS YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB, BUT IT DOES NOT END THERE. WE DO HAVE THAT ROLE OF ADVICE AND CONSENT. IT IS UP TO US TO CARRY THAT JOB OUT. AND HAVE HEARD, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FAIR AND THOROUGH, VERY RESPECTFUL HEARING. WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT DO IT IN A MANNER WITH THE RESPECT THAT YOU DESERVE. WE HAVE TALKED SOME TODAY OF THE TREATMENT OF JUSTICE THOMAS AND JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, JUSTICE BARRETT, WHO WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HER FAITH AND WHETHER THAT MADE HER SUITABLE FOR THE COURT. I KNOW THAT YOUR FAITH IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT JANICE ROGERS BROWN AND THE TREATMENT THAT SHE ENDURED HERE. WE ARE GOING TO BE PLEASED TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUE IS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO FOCUS ON, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND HELP YOU ARE GOING TO APPROACH YOUR JOB AND THE DECISIONS THAT THAT YOU HAVE MADE IN THE PAST. I HAVE A FEW AREAS I AM GOING TO WANT TO DELVE FURTHER WITH YOU. WE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE AS WE TALKED. WHEN I TALK TO TENNESSEANS, THEY BRING UP THE ISSUE OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND WANTING TO BE ABLE TO BE OR THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY SEE FIT. MOMS AND DADS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA PUSHED INTO SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EDUCATORS ARE ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL MALES TO STEAL OPPORTUNITY FROM FEMALE ATHLETES IN THE NAME OF PROGRESSIVISM. JUST LAST WEEK, AND ENTIRE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS WATCHED WOMEN THOSE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THEM ALLOWED A BIOLOGICAL MALE TO BE A BIOLOGICAL WOMAN IN SOME -- IN COLLEGIATE SPORTS. RATHER THAN DEFENDING OUR GIRLS, THOSE IN POWER ARE TEACHING THEM THAT THEIR VOICES DO NOT MATTER. THEY ARE BEING TREATED LIKE SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS. AMERICANS NEED A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHO WILL PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND WHO WILL DEFEND PARENTS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR OWN KIDS. HERE, WE NEED CLARITY. AT A TIME WHEN THESE PARENTAL RIGHTS APPEAR UNDER ASSAULT BY THE RADICAL LEFT, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE "T RANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION" ARE DEEPLY CONCERNING. THEY ARE ON THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL THAT TEACH KINDERGARTNERS THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE THEIR GENDER AND TEACHES THEM ABOUT SO-CALLED WHITE PRIVILEGE. THIS SCHOOL HAS HOSTED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED WOR -- WOKE KINDERGARTEN AND PUSHES AND ANTIRACIST EDUCATION. YOUR ENDORSEMENT OF THIS INDOCTRINATION CAUSES ONE GREAT CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO HOW YOU MAY RULE ON CASES INVOLVING PARENTAL RIGHTS. PARENTS ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE NEXT PANDEMIC. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE MASK MANDATES OR LOCKDOWNS THAT WOULD HARM MENTAL HEALTH AND EXTENT DEVELOPMENT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A JUSTICE WHO WILL PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES FREEDOMS, NOT ALLOW GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. MOMS THAT I AM SPEAKING WITH RAISED THE ISSUE OF CRIME. YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY CALLED FOR GREATER FREEDOM FOR HARDENED TERMINALS. AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU ADVOCATED FOR "EACH AND EVERY CRIMINAL DEFENDANT IN THE D.C. CORRECTIONS CUSTODY SHOULD BE RELEASED." THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 1500 CRIMINALS ON THE STREET. YOU USED THE PANDEMIC AS JUSTIFICATION TO RELEASE A FEDERAL DRUG DEALER, A BANK ROBBER ADDICTED TO HEROIN, AND A CONVICT WHO MURDERED A U.S. MARSHAL INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT YOUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT CONVICTS BEGAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. YOU USED YOUR TIME AND TALENT NOT TO SERVE OUR VETERANS OR OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS, BUT TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO HELP TERRORISTS. YOU ALSO HAVE A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF GIVING CHILD PORT OFFENDERS LATER SENTENCES. ON AVERAGE, YOU SENTENCED THEM TO FIVE YEARS BELOW THE MINIMUM SENTENCES RECOMMENDED. YOU HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THAT IS -- THAT IT IS A MISTAKE TO ASSUME THAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS ARE PEDOPHILES. RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND FREEDOM FOR CRIMINALS. YOUR PHILOSOPHY, OR LACK THEREOF, MAY BE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. I WAS CONCERNED DURING OUR DECISION WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU DID NOT HAVE A JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WITH A DOCUMENTED COMMITMENT TO THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW, NOT A JUDICIAL ACTIVIST WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE POLICY FROM THE BENCH. WITHOUT IT JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY, A JUDGE IS LEGALLY ADRIFT AND IT WILL BE INCLINED TO CONSIDER POLICY RATHER THAN LAW. YOU ONCE WROTE THAT EVERY JUDGE HAS "PERSONAL, HIDDEN AGENDAS" THAT INFLUENCE HOW THEY DECIDE CASES. I CAN ONLY WONDER WHAT YOUR HIDDEN AGENDA IS. IS IT TO LET CHILD PREDATORS BACK TO THE STREETS? IS IT TO RESTRICT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EXPAND GOVERNMENT INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE FAMILY DECISIONS? IS IT TO SUPPORT THE RADICAL LEFT'S ATTEMPT TO PACK THE SUPREME COURT? YOU HAVE PRAISED THE 1619 PROJECT AND HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT YOU BELIEVE JUDGES MUST CONSIDER CRITICAL RACE THEORY WHEN DECIDING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS. IS IT YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA TO INCORPORATE CRITICAL RACE AREA INTO OUR LEGAL SYSTEM? THESE ARE ANSWERS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT PAST STATEMENTS, DECISIONS, AND SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE WE MAKE OUR DECISION. LET ME CLOSE BY CONGRATULATING YOU ON YOUR IMPRESSIVE CAREER AND YOUR NOMINATION TO THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE ACHIEVED. YOUR STORY IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM FULFILLED. YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT HERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU WERE REARED AND BUILT YOUR CAREER IN A FREE COUNTRY WHOSE LAWS PROTECT PEOPLE JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN EXPECT THE SAME BLESSINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU RECEIVED, WE NEED JUSTICES WHO WILL THE DEDICATED TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW. OUR QUESTIONS OVER THE COMING DAYS ARE WEARING TO BE TOUGH BUT ARE TOUGH BY NECESSITY BECAUSE IT IS OUR DUTY TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WILL FIRST AND FOREMOST UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR NATION'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 