Political Quotes

“on another matter, we know we have a lot of lawyers in Congress, and we have some former businessmen. We even have people who are lawyers and businessmen who serve in our midst. They are doctors, educators. We have a few farmers. But we have only two accountants, to my knowledge, one of whom is our friend Mike Enzi. For those of us who have long fought to rein in spending and to get our national debt in check, Mike's contribution to those efforts has been invaluable. But that is only part of the reason we are sad to say farewell to such an incredible colleague. Long before Senator Enzi's career in politics or even accounting, he joined the family shoe business, cleverly named ``NZ Shoes''--that is capital ``N,'' capital ``Z,'' Shoes. It wasn't long before our friend Mike, at the young age of 30, was lured into a life of public service and elected mayor of Gillette, WY. His career would lead him to the Department of the Interior, the Wyoming State House and Senate, and eventually here to the U.S. Senate. But Senator Enzi still holds on to the lessons he learned in those early days selling shoes. A few years ago, he said: Legislating is like selling shoes. You have to know your market, what they want, and who's willing to buy what you're [selling]. Well, I don't know how effective Mike was as a shoe salesman, but I can tell you that he has been a master broker here in the Senate.…”