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Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Passing Of Former Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi

Washington, D.C.   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate regarding the passing of former Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

We received the very sad news this morning that Mike Enzi has passed away from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. He was only 7 months into his retirement after four terms in the Senate and 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, much needed in this body.

He lived by a simple creed, given to him by his mother, that adorned his office and was shared among 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.

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