To work across the aisle on severalse pieces of legislation. This afternoon this morning wer got to hear the farewell peach of my friend, lamar alexander. Hes a fantastic speaker and legislator. Its been an honor or to serve with him and to learn from him. Now you get to hear from the accountant. [laughter] i rise today to give my Farewell Speech on the floor of the u. S. Senate. Its been an honor of a lifetime to serve the great people of wyoming in this position for f e last 24 years. Ive really enjoyed being a senator. Not for the title, not for the recognition and, certainly, not for the publicity. I love solving problems for folks in wyoming and america. I like working on legislation. It might shock those who know me, but i never intended to get into politics. Awhile i always had great respt for those who serve in public office, it wasnt my calling when i left college. But over 50 years ago, i joined the young mens leadership training group, at a state convention in cody i spoke a
Thank you, mr. President. I come to the floor today to pay tribute to this great wyoming leader. For nearly a quarter of a century, mike enzi has represented the people of wyoming in washington, and hes done it with intelligence, with intensity e and with integrity. The cowboy state and the capitol are going to sorely miss mike if enzi. Hes truly cemented his legacy as the trusted trail boss of the wyoming congressional delegation, and its been an incredible honor and a great privilege for my wife bobbi and me to serve the people of wyoming alongside mike and husband wife diana who is with us today. I mike is truly a devoted family man as well as a man of great and deep faith. In fact, mike taught sunday school over the decades, many in the Faith Community know that mikes first sunday schoolteacher was my wife bobbis mother, jerry brown. Jerry and husband wife both passed away this year, and they had been married 70 years. He taught sunday school in wyoming, and her star pupil was mike
I love solving problems for folks in wyoming and america. I like working on legislation. It might shock those who know me, but i never intended to get into politics. While i always had Great Respect for those who serve in public office, it wasnt my calling when i left college. But over 50 years ago i joined the young mens leadership Training Group known as the j jaycees. At a convention in cody i spoke with the value of leadership in communities. And al simpson would go on to serve years in the state senate. After i gave my pitch, senator simpson did his usual fascinating and humorous speech and then took me aside and said, i dont even know what party youre in, but its time your put your money where your mouth is on this leadership stuff and get into politics. At the time gillet needs a mayor. My wife diana and i had moved to gillette a few years earlier. The town was facing a crisis as the discovery of oil, gas and coal turned it into a boomtown. The population start today skyrocket a
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Stevens. My name is ben feuer. Im also the chairman of the appellate section of the Bar Association of the San Francisco which organized this event. I would like to extend a welcome to members of a few groups who are cosponsoring tonights program, the ninth judicial Historical Society and the American Constitution Society bay area chapter. Id like to welcome cspan which is brother aadcasting the discu tonight. In ten years or so that ive been putting on programs like this, this is the first time cspan has come. So weve made it. But truthfully, i think cspan has some of the most interesting programming on all of television, at least when congress is out of session. And so i recommend you check it out, if you dont already. Before we begin, i would like to ask everyone to put their phones on vibrate. The next program that were going to be putting on, on january 28th, is on settling cases in the ninth circuit. If that interests you, be sure to sign up. Were also going to save time at the e