WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of House Democratic leadership and the Congressional Black Caucus, issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court:

“It was an honor to be present on the Senate floor for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.

Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm and the ancestors are smiling down from Heaven. Another big step in America’s march toward a more perfect union.”