Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) brought himself — and Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson — to tears on Wednesday as he broke into an animated explanation of just how much her nomination meant to him.

Booker used a portion of his time during Jackson’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to wax on about the historic nature of her nomination, excitedly telling her, “I’m not letting anybody in the Senate steal my joy!”

“This country is getting better and better…When that final vote happens and you ascend onto the highest Court in the land, I’m going to rejoice. And I’m going to tell you right now, the greatest country in the world, the United States of America, will be better because of you.”