Chris Coons: “I rise in defense of my colleague from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bob Casey is sexy. (Laughter.) Being fully bald…”

“I rise in defense of my colleague from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bob Casey is sexy. (Laughter.) Being fully bald is not the sole indicator of one's celebrity or sexiness. Although an inspiring quote was just delivered by my dear colleague from our neighboring State of New Jersey, that was not Swahili, and I ask leave to conduct the rest of my remarks today in Kiswahili. (Laughter.) I am kidding. I will just briefly say of my dear friend and colleague, of my neighbor, traveling companion, partner, and source of inspiration, that long before I imagined I could ever be a Senator, I served in local government in Delaware and knew that there was to our north a son of Scranton who was someone who was deeply grounded in his family, in his faith, and in his sense of justice. Some mistake Senator Casey for not only not being sexy but for not being a fighter. One of the things I have held most closely to, as I have tried to conduct myself in this Chamber and in this work of being a Senator with humility and dignity and kindness, is that it is possible--in fact, daily demonstrated--for someone like Senator Casey, who is humble and unassuming, who is generous and kind, who sees every one, who treats all of us with respect, to still be fierce and to still be determined and to still be a fighter and to still be someone who sees righteousness and refuses to yield. There was attributed to St.…”