On the recordDecember 18, 2024
I have enjoyed watching Senator Fetterman and Senator Casey and working together in the mentoring and seeing how productive that has been for them in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Marcus Aurelius said: Humility is the foundation of all virtue. Humility is the foundation of all virtue. Humility is not a common trait in this body, perhaps, but humility infuses the work of Bob Casey every single day. I have worked with his staff. My office, in fact--we have worked with his staff perhaps--not perhaps--more than any other office, and I feel that, you know, what he brings to this is that uncommon humility and uncommon kindness in his personal relationships with his friends in the back row here, an uncommon kindness to the people of Pennsylvania, and an uncommon kindness with his own staff--I love watching that: little test, little staff turnover--the kind of energy that they bring and the kind of kindness they bring. One of the things that really brought that home to me, in listening to Bob's talk a minute ago, was he concentrated on constituent service. Bob Casey understands that to do this job--the real building blocks of this job--you help people individually. There are tens of thousands of people he has helped in his offices in, I guess, Philly and Pittsburgh, and I don't know where else--whatever all these inferior cities are-- inferior to Ohio--in Pennsylvania.…
