Kay Bailey Hutchison: “So I want to rise today to express my sadness for the passing of Senator Craig Thomas and to express my deepest sympathy…”

“So I want to rise today to express my sadness for the passing of Senator Craig Thomas and to express my deepest sympathy for his wife Susan, their family, and the people of Wyoming. Senator Thomas served in Congress for 18 years, 6 years in the House and 12 years in the Senate. He had just been reelected to his third term. But his service to the United States did not begin when he came to the nation's capital. It began in the Marine Corps, where he served from 1955 to 1959. Then he went back to Wyoming to work at the Wyoming Farm Bureau and then the Rural Electric Association. Later, he began a career in public service, winning an election to the Wyoming House of Representatives.”