Political Quotes

“if there were ever a time during my career here in the Senate where I say I associate myself with those remarks, I do now. Thad Cochran is a wonderful man. As the distinguished Republican leader said, he is strong. He doesn't talk very much. He is silent most of the time. He loves the Senate. He is one of the people I look to for maintaining the dignity of the Senate. On the Appropriations Committee, which I have had the pleasure of serving with him since I came to the Senate, he is as dignified as he is in the Senate and as he is everyplace else. He believes in following regular order. He believes in working through the tedious process the Senate requires. I look forward to working with him this year. Senator McConnell and I have made a commitment, and Senator Cochran knows this, to do our appropriations bills this year. We are going to work together on a bipartisan basis to get those bills completed and Senator Cochran will be an integral part of our being able to do this. We all have fond memories of Thad Cochran.”