Mike Enzi: “I congratulate everybody on reaching the point we just reached with the unanimous consent agreement that was done. I…”

“I congratulate everybody on reaching the point we just reached with the unanimous consent agreement that was done. I thank the Senator from Ohio for his tremendous work on the committee and then on the floor, and on working through some of these amendments. I particularly thank Senator Kennedy for his efforts. He is having a spectacular day. I am sure actually he is probably on a plane again now. He represented the United States at the unification treaty signing in Ireland today. He left as soon as we finished voting last night, traveled through the night, attended that ceremony, and will travel virtually through the night tonight to get back again so he will be here for tomorrow morning's votes. That is just the kind of tireless dedication that he puts in on international issues, as well as the issues that come before our committee. I am very impressed with the stamina he has and the capability he has to do all these things. This has been a long road and it has had a few lumps in it, but there has been cooperation on both sides. The staff people who have worked on this have gone into excruciating detail on every amendment to make sure it would do what people said it would do and that it would work, both in a United States context and in an international context.”