
Warnock, Raphael G.
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717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
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I'll search for biographical information about Senator Raphael Warnock to complete this profile.Based on the search results, I can now see that Senator Warnock serves on the Banking Committee as a member (not a chair or ranking member of the full committee). However, according to the supplementary data provided, he is listed as Ranking Member on the Economic Policy subcommittee and Ranking Member on the International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommittee. Let me search for more specific information about his subcommittee roles.Now I have comprehensive information about Senator Warnock. Based on the search results, he is the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness. Let me compile the profile.
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{"tldr": "Democrat Raphael Warnock, Georgia's first Black senator, is ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness.", "summary": "Raphael Warnock is the junior United States senator from Georgia and the first African American elected to represent the state in the Senate. As ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Warnock leads Democratic opposition on matters of trade policy, customs, and global economic competitiveness—issues that directly affect American consumers, businesses, and workers. The subcommittee oversees trade matters for the Treasury Department, Commerce Department, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. In this role, Warnock has actively questioned administration trade officials about tariff policies and their impact on Georgia families and small businesses.\n\nWarnock was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1969 and grew up in public housing as the eleventh of twelve children born to Pentecostal pastors. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Morehouse College in 1991 and went on to receive a Master of Divinity, Master of Philosophy, and Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Since 2005, he has served as senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic congregation formerly led by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He remains active in both roles, balancing his pastoral work with his Senate responsibilities.\n\nWarnock came to prominence in Georgia politics as a leading activist in the campaign to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, organizing a sit-in at the Georgia State Capitol in 2014 to press for expansion. He also chaired the New Georgia Project from 2017 to 2020, a nonprofit focused on voter registration and protecting voting rights. In 2020, he defeated incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler in a special election runoff, becoming one of two Democrats elected to the Senate that year whose victories secured a Democratic majority. He was reelected to a full six-year term in 2022.\n\nIn the Senate, Warnock serves on multiple committees including Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Finance; and the Special Committee on Aging. His legislative priorities reflect his background in social justice advocacy and his focus on protecting working families. He has champ