Political Quotes

“I, of course, associate with every word Senator Hoeven said. I think it is fortuitous we are joined in the Chamber today by the next speaker who came here to talk about something altogether different, but Senator Wicker knew our attorney general, Wayne Stenehjem, maybe longer than I did, actually. As Senator Hoeven said, a couple of weeks ago, the good people of North Dakota lost a really good friend. We said goodbye to one of our State's most dedicated and beloved public servants. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem died unexpectedly and suddenly on January 28, just 1 month after announcing his intention to not seek reelection and retire at the end of this year. Wayne was, as John said, North Dakota's longest serving attorney general, having been in office since 2001. Prior to this, he was in the State legislature, winning his first election while at the University of North Dakota--a law student at the age of 22 and continuing his service in the legislature for 24 more years. He gave 46 years of continuous service to the people of North Dakota, and we are just now beginning to comprehend the impact of the significance of all that he did for our State and during those important years. I first became acquainted with Wayne when he was serving as a State senator, and I was a desk page in the legislature.…”