breyer s worked tirelessly to give faith to the notion that the law exists to help the people. i think he is a model public servant in a time of great division in this country. he s been everything his country could have asked of him. president biden also promised to nominate the replacement by the end of february which to make it almost two years after he first pledged to appoint a black woman to the u.s. supreme court, a promise which biden ally and majority whip jim clyburn tells nbc news did more than anything else to propel joe biden to the presidency. president biden repeated that promise today. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity and the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my view.