Political Quotes

“earlier today, during his opening remarks, the distinguished majority leader paid tribute to my senior Senator, Thad Cochran, upon the occasion of his becoming the 10th longest serving Senator in the history of our Republic. If you think about this--I just checked with the cloakroom--the Senate first convened in March of 1789 in New York City. In the 228 years of the United States Senate, Thad Cochran, of Mississippi, now becomes the 10th longest serving Senator in history. Quite a milestone. I was chairing a subcommittee hearing this morning and was not able to be on the floor during the majority leader's remarks, and so I take a moment to now pay tribute to Senator Cochran at this milestone in his career and in the history of the Senate. Most Senators do not know Senator Cochran and I were born in the same small town. We are both natives of Pontotoc, MS. We are alumni of the same university. We are both Ole Miss Rebels. We also share the same political lineage in Mississippi of being early pioneers in the development of the Republican Party. I was the first Republican Member of the House of Representatives in my congressional district, the First District of Mississippi, back in 1994. Senator Cochran blazed an even more significant trail by becoming the first popularly elected Republican Senator from Mississippi back in 1978--in over a century. He succeeded former President pro tempore Jim Eastland, of Mississippi.…”