[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 72 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2648-S2649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING BOB BENNETT

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, unfortunately, last week we also lost 
another former colleague, Senator Bob Bennett of Utah. There are 1,000 
reasons to celebrate the life of Senator Bob Bennett, but I will only 
mention a few.
  While he was the consummate effective Senator, his love for his 
faith, his family, and his friends really made him special. He was a 
man who lived by example. He was quiet but effective. He mentored me 
and many others by giving gentle, timely suggestions.

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  His presentations at the Prayer Breakfasts helped us to know him and 
his faith better. He demonstrated what he learned at church and, 
particularly, on his mission, and he was willing to share that with us 
to help our lives. But his life was a living example of his faith.
  He also probably never realized the difference he made in people's 
lives with his involvement with the Franklin Planner alone. I know he 
never realized the difference he made daily as he worked with people on 
legislation, much of which he never got credit for, but he was 
effective in making sure it got done in a reasonable way.
  He had a special talent for speaking and presenting. He could take 
numbers from the Joint Economic Committee, which he chaired, and make 
them understandable to his colleagues. That is an unmatched talent. 
People go to sleep with numbers. His experience in small business gave 
him the ability to make people understand how small businesses operate, 
how they get their employees, the difficulties of buying things in 
advance that they don't know they are going to sell, and how critical 
that is to the U.S. economy. He recognized and made a case like no 
other person for how important small business was as the engine of our 
economy.
  Yes, Bob, you have been missed, and you are missed. Your family is in 
our prayers, and we grieve with them.
  I yield the floor.

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