Political Quotes

“I would note that the last paragraph of this document says: ``Resolved, that I, Phyllis J. Anderson, by the authority vested in me as Tribal Chief, do hereby honor the legacy of the Honorable Thad Cochran and extend sincere gratitude, appreciation, and many blessings of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Senator Cochran upon his retirement after five decades of public service in the U.S. Navy, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Signed by Phyllis J. Anderson, Tribal Chief. Back in December of 1937, Thad Cochran was born in the little town of Pontotoc, MS, population 1,832. He was born in the delivery room of the Rayburn Clinic. Some 13\1/2\ years later, I was born in the delivery room of the Rayburn Clinic in Pontotoc, MS. During the campaign, some years later in 1994, when I was first trying to be a Member of the House of Representatives, Senator Thad Cochran and I went around the northern part of the State and told many people that he and I were born not only in the same town and not only in the same clinic but born in the same room, the delivery room of the Rayburn Clinic. We thought that was the truth. As it turned out, we found out later from our moms, the Rayburn Clinic had moved down the street; so while we were both born in the delivery room of Rayburn Clinic, that clinic itself had moved.…”