[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Remembering Mike Enzi
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I thank my good friend, the senior
Senator from the great State of Vermont.
I, too, feel so badly about Senator Enzi's unfortunate passing. We
received the very sad news this morning that Mike Enzi had passed away
from injuries sustained on a bicycle accident.
He was only 7 months into his retirement, after four terms in the
Senate and decades--decades--of service to his home State of Wyoming.
We will remember him as we remembered him upon his departure from
this Chamber, as a kind and gentle man, as a practical legislator,
someone who sought common ground and was willing to leave strained
disagreements for another day. He was forceful, he was principled, but
he was also gentle, a rare and unusual combination and much needed in
this body.
He lived by a simple creed, given to him by his mother, that adorned
his office, and he shared it with his staff: Do what you think is
right; do your best; and treat others the way they wish to be treated.
Upon his retirement, those were the values he asked the Senate to
remember him by. At the news of his unexpected passing, those are the
values we will carry on in his memory. I offer my condolences to his
wife Diana and to former Senator Enzi's entire family