"Today, we gather to begin a final farewell to Jimmy Carter. Navy veteran, peanut farmer, governor of Georgia. And president of the United States. Sunday school teacher. Nobel Prize winner. Advocate for peace and human rights. And first and foremost, a faithful servant of his creator and his fellow man," said John Thune.
"He was the first president of the United States to have a comprehensive energy policy, including..."
Vice President Kamala Harris, other members of US President Joe Biden's cabinet and three of the nine US Supreme Court justices were also present.
The casket was placed in the middle of the room on the Lincoln catafalque, a platform built in 1865 to hold slain president Abraham Lincoln's casket.
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