{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/speeches?ContentRecord_id=550A1966-06C9-453C-81C6-160127671343", "STATEMENT BY U.S. SENATOR MIKE ENZI ON  CYNTHIA LUMMIS IN THE AGRICULTURE HALL OF FAME", "2016-07-13", "2016", "2016-07", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Michael Enzi", "E000285", "www.enzi.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Mr. President, each year the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame asks for nominations of farmers, ranchers and others who contribute to the agriculture industry in Wyoming.\u00a0 After the nominations are received, a panel of three judges selects those who will be added to the Hall of Fame.\u00a0 This year United States Representative Cynthia Lummis is one of the Hall\u2019s inductees.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s fitting that Cynthia is being added to the Hall of Fame\u2019s roster on its 25th anniversary because her participation, encouragement and support of our state\u2019s farmers and ranchers deserve to be recognized on a momentous occasion for the Hall itself.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cynthia has a long background in agriculture, beginning on her family\u2019s ranch on Crow Creek. \u00a0Growing up, she learned about the importance of being a good steward of the land, how to tend her family\u2019s livestock, and how to make good use of all the resources that were at her disposal.\u00a0 She also participated in 4-H, raising shorthorn cattle.\u00a0 Over time Cynthia became a skilled horseman, and she used that talent to good effect at the world's largest outdoor rodeo \u2013 Cheyenne Frontier Days.\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, Cynthia was such an important addition to the \u201cDaddy of 'em All\u201d that she is also being inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame this year. \u00a0It\u2019s worth noting that her parents, Doran and Enid, and her whole family have already been inducted into that Hall, but this year Cynthia will be recognized for her singular contributions, from repairing parade costumes to serving as Miss Frontier.\u00a0 Cynthia is fully deserving of that honor, and this is just another example of the mark she has left on every corner of our state.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the University of Wyoming, Cynthia received degrees in animal science and biology and was a member of the rodeo team.\u00a0\u00a0 She then became the youngest woman ever elected to the Wyoming Legislature and also earned a law degree from UW.\u00a0 She put that degree to use as a clerk for the Wyoming Supreme Court and in private practice. \u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After serving fourteen years in the Wyoming House and Senate, where she focused largely on agriculture and natural resources issues, Cynthia served as Governor Geringer\u2019s Policy Director and was then elected State Treasurer.\u00a0 While serving as Treasurer, Cynthia became the first woman on the Cheyenne Frontier Days board of directors.\u00a0 For all of these reasons and more, Cynthia was named a 2005 Outstanding Alumna for the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture.\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But Cynthia wasn\u2019t done fighting for Wyoming or the agriculture industry.\u00a0 In 2008 she took the next step in her political career and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.\u00a0 Cynthia has proven to be up to the challenge of being our state\u2019s lone voice in the House, and I have been proud to work with her.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Through all of this, Cynthia has been active in the operations of the Lummis family ranch.\u00a0 I am sure she will continue to work on behalf of the state, and the industry, that she\u2019s loved her entire life.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. President, I want to extend my congratulations to Cynthia for everything she has accomplished, and for her induction into the Agriculture Hall of Fame.\u00a0 She would be the first to say she couldn\u2019t have done it alone, so I also want to recognize Cynthia\u2019s family, and in particular her daughter Annaliese and her husband Al.\u00a0 For years Cynthia and Alvin were a team that took on the issues that will direct the future of Wyoming and our nation, and I know Alvin would be so proud of her recognition in the Agriculture Hall of Fame.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/speeches?ContentRecord_id=550A1966-06C9-453C-81C6-160127671343"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8404040709137917, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}