WATCH: Chuck Schumer Chokes Up During Emotional Tribute to Dianne Feinstein on Senate Floor

News broke on Friday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the longest-serving woman in the United States Senate, died at the age of 90 in Washington, DC. On the floor of the Senate, where she cast her final vote hours before passing away, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) paid tribute to Feinstein while becoming visibly emotional.

Schumer led the Senate in a moment of silence, with cameras cutting to a vase of two dozen white roses at Feinstein’s desk. Watch the video above for Schumer’s full remarks, but here is an excerpt:

Earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate. Senator Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country. She had so many amazing, wonderful qualities wrapped up in one incredible human being. She was smart. She was strong. She was brave. She was compassionate. But maybe the trait that stood out most of all was her amazing integrity. Her integrity was a diamond, her integrity shone like a beacon. Across the Senate and across the country for all to see and hopefully emulate.

Dianne Feinstein would typically say when you asked her, how was she voting on something, “Let me study this issue before taking a position. Let me go home and read on it.” And when she came back, if she believed the cause or the vote was right and vital to many issues she cared about, she not only voted for it, there was no stopping her in getting it done. She would take on any force, any special interest, any opponent with relentless integrity, and would wear those opponents down until she succeeded. Again, her integrity just shone through them. And she won, and she won, and she won. And each time made the country a better place.

Dianne Feinstein was not only the longest-serving woman in the Senate, but also the longest-serving U.S. Senator from California, where she began her political career. After the murders of Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978, Feinstein became the acting mayor of San Francisco. She later became the first women to be elected mayor when she ran for the seat in 1979. She was elected to the Senate in 1992 and became a champion fighting gun violence.

Watch the video above via C-SPAN2.