Mr. Enzi did not initially intend to get into politics, he said. According to Mr. Enzi, Mr. Simpson encouraged him to run for mayor of Gillette, the city to which he had moved only a few years earlier. He soon set his sights on state politics, joining the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1987, and the Wyoming State Senate in 1991. He led the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions from 2005 to 2007, and was the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2015 to 2021. Mr. Enzi had sought to repeal the legislation.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2021 07:24 UTC