Honorable Kamala Harris
United States Senator, California, Democrat
Kamala Harris was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. She served as the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. The following is excerpted from Senator Harris’s October 5, 2018, remarks during the Senate floor debate on confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Given the serious and troubling allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, I am deeply disturbed that the Senate is moving forward with this nomination. When it was announced that the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] could investigate these serious and credible allegations, I had hoped there would be a legitimate investigation….
