[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5181-S5182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 330--RELATING TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE MIKE 
             ENZI, FORMER SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF WYOMING

  Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, 
Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, 
Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, 
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of 
South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, 
Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 330

       Whereas Mike Enzi was born in Bremerton, Washington, where 
     his father was serving in the naval shipyards during World 
     War II, and was raised in Thermopolis and Sheridan, Wyoming;
       Whereas Mike Enzi, who never ceased his involvement with 
     the Boy Scouts of America, was an Eagle Scout and a recipient 
     of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award;
       Whereas Mike Enzi earned a bachelor's degree in accounting 
     from George Washington University in 1966 and a master's 
     degree in retail marketing from the University of Denver in 
     1968;
       Whereas Mike Enzi served in the Wyoming Air National Guard 
     from 1967 to 1973;
       Whereas, in 1969, Mike Enzi married Diana Buckley, who then 
     moved to Gillette, Wyoming, together to--
       (1) expand his father's shoe business, NZ Shoes;
       (2) raise their 3 children, Amy, Brad, and Emily; and
       (3) spend time as the proud grandparents of Megan, Allison, 
     Trey, and Lilly;
       Whereas Mike Enzi was an accomplished fly fisherman, having 
     achieved, in 2015, the dream of every fly fisherman by 
     completing his Wyoming ``Cutt-Slam'';
       Whereas, in 1974, Mike Enzi began his more than 40 years of 
     elected public service on behalf of the people of Wyoming, 
     including--
       (1) 2 terms as Mayor of Gillette;
       (2) 2 terms as a member of the Wyoming House of 
     Representatives;
       (3) 2 terms as a member of the Wyoming Senate; and
       (4) 4 terms as a member of the United States Senate, where 
     he served for 24 years after first being elected in 1996;
       Whereas Mike Enzi served as Chairman of the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and, in 
     2015, became the first accountant to chair the Committee on 
     the Budget of the Senate, where he worked to enact 
     comprehensive tax reform;
       Whereas Mike Enzi championed--
       (1) efforts to ensure a quality education for all; and
       (2) initiatives to improve workforce development;
       Whereas Mike Enzi expanded access to affordable, quality 
     health care and spearheaded the most significant pension 
     reform in 30 years, securing the retirements of millions of 
     individuals in the United States;
       Whereas Mike Enzi focused on--
       (1) the soaring national debt;
       (2) reforming the Federal budget process;
       (3) improving mine safety;
       (4) helping end the AIDS epidemic in Africa;
       (5) passing legislation to improve mental health parity; 
     and
       (6) championing Wyoming and coal country;
       Whereas Mike Enzi followed the ``\80/20\'' rule when 
     legislating, focusing efforts on passing legislation on the 
     80 percent of an issue on which agreement could be reached;
       Whereas Mike Enzi successfully passed more than 100 bills 
     that were signed into law;
       Whereas Mike Enzi served with intelligence, dignity, and 
     grace, and never wavered in his commitment to God, family, 
     country, and Wyoming; and
       Whereas Mike Enzi was known by many as the moral compass of 
     the Senate, and lived by the mission statement, ``Doing What 
     Is Right, Doing Our Best, Treating Others as They Wish to be 
     Treated'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate--
       (A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the 
     announcement of the death of the Honorable Mike Enzi, former 
     Senator for the State of Wyoming; and
       (B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--

[[Page S5182]]

       (i) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     family of the Honorable Mike Enzi; and
       (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
     further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Mike 
     Enzi.

                          ____________________