Mike Enzi: “this is a very exciting day. We are here to the debate on the pensions bill. Every day hard-working Americans go to…”

“this is a very exciting day. We are here to the debate on the pensions bill. Every day hard-working Americans go to their jobs, they are confident we here in Washington are looking out for them and doing everything we can to assure that they will be able to retire some day and live the life they have always dreamed about. For our Nation's older workers and those who have already retired, there are few things more important to them than the health of their pension plan and the protection it provides. It involves younger workers, too. I am glad we are at this point. This may be one of the biggest bills that has ever been covered with as little debate as we will have today. Part of the reason for that is how detailed it is and how many moving parts there are. I congratulate all of the people who have worked on this bill and worked cooperatively, both sides of the aisle. We have even had some conversations with the other end of the building in order to be able to get it to this point at this time. I particularly have to commend Senator Kennedy and his staff and my staff. August is normally a time when we are at recess and traveling our States, as I was and Senator Kennedy was. It is normally a time our staff can catch up on things. It was not.…”