Patrick Leahy: “although Martha McSally only joined the Senate in 2019, she has spent decades serving the Nation and the people of the…”

“although Martha McSally only joined the Senate in 2019, she has spent decades serving the Nation and the people of the State of Arizona. She served for decades as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, in service to our country and to keep Americans safe. Upon her retirement as colonel from the Air Force, she continued her career as a public servant by representing Arizona's Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 4 years before her appointment to the Senate. In the Senate, as she did in the House, Senator McSally has fought hard to support veterans and has worked to further the interests of Arizonans. Her sense of duty to her country and to her State allowed her to make important contributions to the Senate Armed Services and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committees. Senator McSally has also been a ``neighbor,'' with our offices both on same floor of the Russell Senate Building. I thank Senator McSally for her service in the Senate, and I wish her the best in the next chapter of her life. (At the request of Mr. Thune, the following statement was ordered to be printed in the Record.) ____________________”