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Thad Cochran is a former United States Senator from Mississippi, serving from 1973 until his retirement in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Cochran was known for his work on appropriations and his focus on issues such as education and healthcare. Throughout his tenure, he played a significant role in securing federal funding for various projects in Mississippi, including infrastructure and education initiatives. Cochran was also involved in discussions surrounding autism awareness and medical education, reflecting his commitment to health-related issues.
it would seem prudent that the safeguards we have adopted twice, by unanimous votes, should also be applied to this proposal. That is why I offer this amendment. We should be certain that any change we make results in no less protection in…
William Hubbard, FDA's Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning, and the FDA's authority on the topic of reimportation of pharmaceuticals, has testified a number of times before Congress regarding the dangers of reimported products…
it is with sadness that I join my colleagues to mourn the premature passing of a dedicated member of the Senate staff. Ms. Janine Johnson was an Assistant Counsel in the Office of the Legislative Counsel. She was a 1986 graduate of Harvard…
I support the effort to provide prescription drugs to Medicare beneficiaries and to lower the costs of medicines for all Americans. Today's therapies are too valuable, in terms of improving health and quality of life, for Medicare…
This amendment seeks to amend section 402 of the bill. Section 402 creates a new entitlement program, in effect, and it is a capital fund program that would permit the Transportation Security Administration to use up to $500 million--the…
I am impressed with what we have heard this morning, particularly with respect to food safety issues.
I commend President Bush for his leadership in invigorating our Nation's missile defense programs. Just yesterday, the President publicly released his vision and guidance to provide for a ballistic missile defense system. National Security…
I am impressed with what we have heard this morning, particularly with respect to food safety issues.
Thank you. Mr. Chairman, my time has expired. I do want to submit a few questions for the record.
I look forward to working with her on issues that are of special importance to Mississippi and to our nation.
fifty years ago, President Eisenhower and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson had the foresight to acknowledge that the future of American agriculture was dependent on the development of creative marketing tools and foreign markets…
our State of Mississippi lost one of its finest citizens when Dr. Arthur Guyton was killed in an automobile accident on Thursday, April 3. He was a preeminent cardiovascular physiologist whose ``Textbook of Medical Physiology'' is the best…
it is with some trepidation that I oppose the amendment of the Senator from West Virginia because I have enjoyed working with him on this committee and in the Senate for a long time. There may very well be provisions in this amendment he…
it has been our hope that we could get the cooperation of the Senate in funding what are essential needs of the Department of Homeland Security for the balance of this fiscal year. In trying to determine what those amounts are for all of…
contrary to the suggestion of my friend from Louisiana, the committee is requiring the administration to respond and spend the money as provided in this bill. I am reading: Prior to the obligation of any funds, the Secretary of Homeland…
the Senate was enriched enormously by the services of the late Senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He was appreciated and respected for his intelligence, his sense of humor, his seriousness of purpose, and the warmth and…
the first time through it, tragically--I say tragically because the title of this bill is ``making supplemental appropriations to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, and Related Efforts for…
It is a pleasure to have Dr. Paige serving as Secretary of Education. He is doing a fine job.
Can the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee offer me assurance that budget resolution agreement will leave policy decisions regarding payment limitations to be resolved by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and…
my good friend from Vermont has told us what the amendment provides in way of an increase in spending. But what he did not tell us is it increases taxes by $6 billion over the period of 2004 through 2007. It increases the spending caps and…
the resolution already provides $2.1 billion for a variety of local law enforcement grant programs, as well as an additional $500 million at the Department of Homeland Security specifically for grant programs to local law enforcement…
this amendment will increase the fiscal year 2003 totals in the budget resolution to provide an additional $3.5 billion in funding for homeland security. Based on information about possible terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, the…
the retirement of our Senate Chaplain, Lloyd Ogilvie, leaves me with a profound sense of loss. He has been a personal friend to me, as well as a wise counselor and adviser. I know I will miss him greatly. He has served the Senate with…
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