Political Quotes

“I want to pay tribute to our colleague Mike Enzi and express my condolences to his family and pay my respects to him. Senator Enzi's long career in public service began when he was elected as mayor of his hometown of Gillette, WY, in 1974. I can just see Mike Enzi--a younger Mike Enzi--being the mayor of a place like Gillette, WY, and it brings a smile to my face and a warmth to my heart. And I can imagine how hard he worked to see that only good things happened to the citizens of his hometown. He then went on to serve in the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming Senate, before being elected to four terms in the U.S. Senate, beginning in 1996. Prior to being elected to office, Senator Enzi served in the Wyoming Air National Guard. In Congress, Senator Enzi never wavered in his deeply held values and his beliefs, and yet he was always held by all of us in high esteem, by all of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. He had the ability for bringing a consensus, to bring us together, and that remained true even as this body became increasingly polarized. In his farewell speech to the Senate, Senator Enzi--unfortunately, just a few months ago, Senator Enzi spoke about his 80-20 rule. It is a rule that those of us who work with him knew well: the rule which emphasized focusing on the 80 percent of issues we agree on versus the 20 percent of issues where we disagree.…”