JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has given a farewell speech in the U.S. Senate, where he’s the longest-serving current member of Congress.
The 80-year-old Cochran is retiring April 1 because of poor health. He says he’s “optimistic about the future of our great nation.”
Cochran served in the House six years before joining the Senate in 1978.
Colleagues paid tribute to Cochran on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, repeatedly praising the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman for being civil while working across party lines.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says Cochran “wrote the book on composure under pressure.”
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says Cochran sought his support for Gulf Coast projects after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Years later, Cochran helped the Northeast after Superstorm Sandy.
IF sensible American voters return the ‘party OF governing’ to rescue our government from your horseshit mob of bigots and billionaires, THEN i’ll feel “optimistic about the future” as well, Thad Ol’ Boy.
Good riddance
Make sure you fumigate before you go.
I’m not so sure that bodes well for those of us living under Democratic governance.
He can afford to be optimistic. He’s not going to be here much longer.
Ask his grandkids how they feel.
Hoping that the ALA-Jones narrative has ‘legs’, knowing full well that “Hope is NOT a strategy”.