On the recordDecember 3, 2018
My heart is also heavy today at another loss: Giles Perkins, who was one of the top lawyers in Birmingham, AL, and the former head of the Alabama Democratic Party. He died of cancer over the weekend. He was a close friend and mentor of one of our friends here in the Senate, Mr. Doug Jones, who called him the ``Yoda'' of his campaign. I talked to Giles frequently--in fact, just a few days ago--and he was always filled with a desire to do good, a desire that the right thing be done, and a desire to help his friends--Doug Jones at the top of the list. Giles was a booster of many things Alabama, and he will sorely be missed by his family, his dear friend, the junior Senator from Alabama, the State he loved, and by me. I yield the floor. ____________________
