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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 330 

Relating to the death of the Honorable Mike Enzi, former Senator for the 

State of Wyoming. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2021 

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. 

LUJA ́N, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Relating to the death of the Honorable Mike Enzi, former 

Senator for the State of Wyoming. 


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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; 

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(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 


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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 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the Senate— 

3 (A) has heard with profound sorrow and 

4 deep regret the announcement of the death of 

5 the Honorable Mike Enzi, former Senator for 

6 the State of Wyoming; and 

7 (B) respectfully requests that the Sec8 retary of the Senate— 

9 (i) communicate this resolution to the 

10 House of Representatives; and 

11 (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this 

12 resolution to the family of the Honorable 

13 Mike Enzi; and 

14 (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 

15 adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem16 ory of the Honorable Mike Enzi. 

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