Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to pay tribute to our friend and former colleague, Senator Mike Enzi. Senator Lummis and I are here, and we are very grateful for the kind comments of the minority leader, Senator McConnell; majority leader, Senator Schumer; and the President pro tempore of the Senate, Senator Leahy. Mike Enzi was my colleague. He was my mentor. He was my friend. Today, my wife Bobbi and I, along with all of the people in the State of Wyoming and all of his friends and admirers here in the U.S. Senate--we are joined on the floor by many of his former staffers, many of whom still work here--all of us mourn his passing. For nearly a quarter of a century, Mike Enzi represented the people of Wyoming in this very body in the U.S. Senate. In so many ways, as we served as a team when Cynthia Lummis was in the House and Mike and I were in the Senate, he was our trusted trail boss for our entire congressional delegation. He served with intelligence, with dignity, and with grace. He never wavered. His commitment was to God, to his family, to country, to Wyoming. It was an incredible honor and a great privilege for my wife Bobbi and for me to serve the people of Wyoming alongside Mike Enzi and his wife Diana. Mike was born in the middle of World War II. He was in Washington State at the time because that is where his father was stationed. After the war, the family moved back to Thermopolis, WY--my wife's hometown-- and to Sheridan, WY.…”