Harris remembered the late president's "humility, modesty and grace" in a speech at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday,

She celebrated a cherished leader who transformed the landscape of public service and social progress in ways that continue to resonate today.