[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 190 (Monday, December 3, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING GILES PERKINS

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, 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.

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