Sheldon Whitehouse: “First, let me join in the condolences for our colleague, Senator Thomas. Let me also recognize what for many of us is a…”

“First, let me join in the condolences for our colleague, Senator Thomas. Let me also recognize what for many of us is a sad anniversary of a day when one of America's brightest lights was extinguished and a distinguished Member of this body was lost. You have heard him described as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.”