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On the recordMay 7, 2019
before I begin, I want to take a moment to say how sorry I am that the Senate will be losing Senator Mike Enzi at the end of next year. During his 20-plus years in the Senate, Mike has been a leader on so many issues, including healthcare and the budget. As the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, he oversaw major pension reform. As the chairman of the Budget Committee, he was an indispensable part of the effort to comprehensibly reform our Nation's outdated Tax Code and put more money in the American people's pockets. As always, he has been a powerful voice for small businesses during that process, not to mention a powerful voice for the West throughout his entire career. The Senate will be a lesser place without Mike Enzi, but he has earned some more time with his wife Diana, their three children, and his four grandchildren. I am grateful to have served with Mike and grateful that Senators will have a little time before his well-deserved retirement to continue to draw on his wisdom and expertise over the course of the next year and a half.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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