Amy Klobuchar: “as we await a very important moment for justice in my State today. Our work goes on. I am here today, first of all, to…”

“as we await a very important moment for justice in my State today. Our work goes on. I am here today, first of all, to acknowledge the loss of my mentor, Vice President Walter Mondale. He caught the Nation's attention fighting for justice. So, it is such a moment. He worked on the forefront of the right to counsel in the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright. He followed in the footsteps of Hubert Humphrey to arrive in the Senate. He did great things passing civil rights legislation. As Vice President, he defined the office of the modern-day Vice President. He was ``Fritz'' to us. He was our attorney general, our Senator, and our Vice President, and I know he is up there right now rooting for justice. I am going to speak more about Walter Mondale next week. Senator Smith, Senator Grassley, and I have a resolution honoring him for his time in the Senate and for his time as Vice President, which we will be presenting next week. Nominations of Vanita Gupta and Lisa O. Monaco Mr. President, now, in the name of justice and the idea that justice must keep rolling along, I want to talk a little bit about some of the people we need in place as we look to the future, as we look to the future of police reform and the work that you have done as the lead on this bill, Mr. President, and the work we have to do. To do that, we need a functioning Justice Department. We have an Attorney General who is excellent in Merrick Garland.…”