Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell spoke on the senate floor about departing Nevada Senator Dean Heller, calling him a true man of the people, who isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty working on behalf of veterans, middle class families, and a strengthening economy.

McConnell adds, in just seven years, Dean Heller has authored or helped introduce 100 pieces of legislation that are now law, and has championed policies that put workers and job creators back in the drivers seat.