Tim Kaine: “I rise today to speak about the latest coronavirus emergency aid package, but before I do, as a matter of personal…”

“I rise today to speak about the latest coronavirus emergency aid package, but before I do, as a matter of personal privilege, I want to offer some comments in praise of a colleague. Just as we gather together, regardless of party, to mourn when a colleague dies or be together with a colleague who is undergoing a challenge, I think it is good to gather together and acknowledge when something positive happens to a colleague, regardless of our political affiliation. This is the first opportunity on the Senate floor to offer a word about Senator Kamala Harris, one of our colleagues, who, in a historic move, was asked by another former Senate colleague, Vice President Joe Biden, to join him as his preferred nominee to be Vice President of the United States. I have come to know Senator Harris in her 4 years in the Senate, as many of us have, through her service on especially the Judiciary Committee and the Intelligence Committee. Her public service track record is a significant one worthy of praise, from her work as a district attorney, first a line prosecutor, and then the elected district attorney in San Francisco, where she focused on trying to keep her community safe, to serving as California's attorney general, broadening the portfolio to include environmental justice and consumer protection, and now her work in the Senate since 2016.…”