Amy Klobuchar: “I rise from the back row--with some of my best friends back here--to honor, like everyone gathered here today, Bob…”

“I rise from the back row--with some of my best friends back here--to honor, like everyone gathered here today, Bob Casey, who has served the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 17 years here with honor, dignity, and, yes, joy. He served before he got here--as he noted, always a public servant--and he will serve after he leaves here. That we know for sure. So, yes, we were this great class of freshmen Senators together, and I do remember when Bob first led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance--is this not correct?--the day after we got sworn in. There was someone who was particularly rule-bound who worked here at the time. Bob finished. He thought he had done such a good job. He comes back to his seat.”