TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Interrogation 5 CHAPTER 2 Raised in Community 9 CHAPTER 3 Smart on Crime 15 A DEEPER LOOK Crime 20 CHAPTER 4 California Attorney General 23 CHAPTER 5 A Seat in the Senate 29 CHAPTER 6 Taking a Stand 35 MAKING AN IMPACT Women and People of Color 40 CHAPTER 7 Looking Ahead 43 Focus on Kamala Harris 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
CHAPTER 1 INTERROGATION In January 2017 Kamala Harris joined the US Senate She was one of 15 senators on the Select Committee on Intelligence This group oversees the agencies that gather information for the US government That June the committee held a hearing Harris and the other senators questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions As attorney general Sessions served as the head lawyer for the US government Kamala Harris was sworn in to the US Senate on January 3 2017 5
