[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S6970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SENATOR ENZI RECEIVES GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today, the Senate pauses to recognize a 
colleague who has now presided over the Senate for 100 hours during 
this session of Congress. It has been a longstanding tradition in the 
U.S. Senate to honor those Senators who preside 100 hours in a single 
session. To those individuals who achieve this height, we bestow the 
Golden Gavel Award.
  While many Senators have won this prestigious honor, few have done so 
as swiftly as Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming. Indeed, Senator Enzi has 
surpassed all other records that have been set by Republican Senators 
in the history of the Golden Gavel Award. Today he completes his 100th 
presiding hour. The Senate has been in session this year for 
approximately 615 hours, and the freshman Senator from Wyoming, as 
Presiding Officer, has filled 100 of those hours with matchless 
enthusiasm and dedication.
  So, on behalf of my colleagues, I extend my congratulations to the 
first Golden Gavel recipient of the 105th Congress, Senator Mike Enzi, 
who is presiding at this time.
  Congratulations, Senator Enzi. Thank you for all the time that you 
have spent in the chair. The week before the Fourth of July recess 
period I had noted what an excellent job you had been doing as a 
Presiding Officer, having been in the chair late, I think it was, on 
Thursday night and back in the chair through a long, extended period of 
time on Friday morning.
  We appreciate your good work. Now that you have reached this 
milestone, we hope you will continue on. You are doing such a good job 
we will just keep this pattern going in the future.

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