[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S1763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING SENATOR THAD COCHRAN ON HIS 10,000TH VOTE

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I sought recognition for a number of 
purposes. But first, let me congratulate my distinguished colleague, 
the senior Senator from Mississippi, for casting his 10,000th vote 
today. Senator Cochran came to the Senate after the 1978 election, 
having served previously in the House of Representatives for 6 years, 
and has had an illustrious career. He served on the Judiciary Committee 
for 2 years and demonstrated, at an early point in his Senate career, 
his wisdom by leaving the Judiciary Committee after only 2 years. All 
those hot-button issues--school prayer, abortion, flag burning, et 
cetera--were not for Senator Cochran. He was on the big issues of the 
day and specialized in appropriations.
  He has been the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations 
Committee and has an outstanding record. I challenge anybody to search 
the record, 10,000 votes, and find any mistakes by Senator Cochran. It 
has been, truly, an outstanding career.
  Beyond his extraordinary capability as a Senator, he is always of 
good cheer, always personable, always upbeat. He has made a great 
contribution to the Senate and to the House before that. He will have 
many more years of very distinguished service for the Senate.

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