Mike Enzi: “Yes. Mr. President, I congratulate the Senator, Mr. Warner, for his tremendous effort, and not just on this bill but on…”

“Yes. Mr. President, I congratulate the Senator, Mr. Warner, for his tremendous effort, and not just on this bill but on the previous bills where his emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math, has resulted in other grants that are available to students. We need to increase awareness among students of these opportunities, particularly in the lower grades, so they have the prerequisites they need to qualify for going to college. The Senator's emphasis on that has had tremendous effect on higher education and on the work we have done before. I also thank the Senator for the comments he made about his staff working through the weekend and ours working through the weekend. This is not a 9-to-5 job around here. People don't realize the amount of dedication our staffs have. As I say, they work through the weekend for these students. It happened to be a beautiful weekend in Washington, and they were indoors making telephone calls and making sure that everything works precisely right so we can pass this amendment today. I think we would be willing to take it on a voice vote. This will provide up-to-date technology, which is vitally important. Everything is operating off of technology today. And I especially appreciate the concern for and emphasis on minority-serving institutions having this opportunity. There is a disadvantage there, and we want to equalize that. The Senator has caught the essence of that and has the solution for it. I congratulate him.”