THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE IN WHICH THEY SAID FROM OUR ANALYSIS OF JUDGE JACKSON'S RECORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE SHE HAS CONSIDER THE FACTS AND APPLY THE LAW CONSISTENTLY AND FAIRLY. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT SHE HAS THE TEMPERAMENT AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND FAMILY BACKGROUND TO HAVE EARNED THIS APPOINTMENT. WE ARE REASSURED THAT SHOULD SHE BE CONFIRMED, SHE WILL APPROACH FUTURE CASES WITH AN OPEN MIND AND TREAT ISSUES RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT JUSTLY. THAT MATTERS A LOT TO MANY OF US. I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING I WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY. THAT IS WHY TODAY'S HEARING IS SO MONUMENTAL. INCLUDING THAT IT IS OCCURRING AT A TIME WHEN WE AS AMERICANS HAVE BEEN REMINDED AGAIN DUE TO THE COURAGE OF UKRAINIANS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY THAT WE CAN NEVER TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY OR OUR COURTS FOR GRANTED. IT IS ALSO HAPPENING AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE SEEING EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A TWO-YEAR PANDEMIC CONNECTING TO EACH OTHER AGAIN. I HOPE THIS MOMENT WILL BE A MOMENT WHERE WE SEE A RENEWED INTEREST IN OUR DEMOCRACY. WE RESPECT EACH OTHER'S RIGHTS INTERVIEWS AND WE SEE THAT WE ARE NOT A NATION OF 300 MILLION SILOS INSTEAD, A NATION COMMITTED TO THIS IDEA THAT WHAT UNITES US AS AMERICANS IS BIGGER THAN WHAT DIVIDES US. IN THAT CONTEXT, YOU COME BEFORE US WITH THIS INCREDIBLE STRENGTH, ACUMEN, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED TODAY. YOU ALSO COME BEFORE US AS WE HAVE NOTED AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE NOMINATED FOLLOWING 115 JUSTICES WHO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. OF THE 115, 110 HAVE BEEN MEN. I ONCE REMINDED TREVOR NOAH OF SIMILAR ISSUES IN THE U.S. SENATE. IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. SENATE OF THE NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED, ONLY 58 HAVE BEEN WOMEN. HE RESPONDED THAT IF A NIGHTCLUB HAD NUMBERS THAT BAD, THEY WOULD SHUT IT DOWN. TODAY JUDGE, WE ARE NOT SHUTTING ANYTHING DOWN. YOU ARE OPENING THINGS UP. ONE OF THE THINGS YOUR NOMINATION PRESENTS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS A DECLINE IN THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR COURTS. INCREASINGLY, MANY PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SEE THE COURT AS OUT OF TOUCH. WE ALSO SEE AN ALARMING RISE IN THREATS TARGETING THE JUDICIARY FOR DOING THEIR JOBS. HOW CAN WE WORK TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN THE COURT? WHAT DO YOU SEE AS YOUR ROLE IN THAT? JUDGE JACKSON: 