Mike Enzi: “minutes ago a new Senator for the State of Wyoming was officially appointed by the Governor of Wyoming, and I want to…”

“minutes ago a new Senator for the State of Wyoming was officially appointed by the Governor of Wyoming, and I want to welcome Dr. John Barrasso, now Senator Barrasso, and introduce him to the Senate. John is an extremely capable person who has gone through a selection process that involved 30 people who were interested in serving as Senator. He went through an interview process and a selection process and was one of three people given to the Governor from whom to select. The Governor gave each of the people a list of 42 issues of critical interest to the State of Wyoming and interviewed each of them and made a selection on that basis. Dr. John Barrasso was the selection. I am very excited about this. I am excited about having a full roster from Wyoming. I have known John for many years. I was pleased that he ran for the State Senate. He worked on a lot of conservative issues there. He was a hard worker, and he was extremely efficient. In fact, one of the amazing things to me was that he was able to answer every e-mail almost immediately and to keep his desk clean. It is different from the way I worked when I was in the Wyoming legislature and it is much different than the way my desk looks here. So his efficiency is unmatched, and he has great knowledge of Wyoming and the issues that are important in Wyoming, which include energy, and of course health. He is an orthopedic surgeon and will make a big difference in our health care debate back here.”