family means everything to brinn. he's the fifth oldest of seven children and while it's brinn's career we're here to pay tribute to, his older sister first worked in the senate. she worked for wyoming senator malcolm wallop and then she came to work in my office in sheraton, wyoming. and brinn's brother also worked in the u.s. senate. what a attestment to his parents. brinn took a very different route to the u.s. senate than his siblings. after earning a degree he went on to law school in 1985. it turns out he wasn't the only standout at the university of wyoming school of law. my fellow u.s. senator from wyoming cynthia lummis was his classmate and they remain friends today. after passing the wyoming state bar, he has maintained his american peopleship in the wyoming bar for 36 years. he moved to gillette, wyoming, and started his career as legal advisor to the county shefer and -- sheriff. and gillette is where mike enziy lived, and he had also graduated as had brinn from sheraton high school. he -- brinn was able

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