[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 56 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         LETTERS OF RESIGNATION

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the letters of 
resignation from former Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi and of 
Cindy Hyde-Smith from the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and 
Commerce, which, without objection, are deemed read and spread upon the 
Journal and printed in full in the Record.
  The letters follow:

                                                  U.S. Senate,

                                    Washington, DC, April 1, 2018.
     Hon. Phil Bryant,
     Governor, State of Mississippi,
     Jackson, Mississippi.
       Dear Governor Bryant: Serving as a Senator from Mississippi 
     has been one of the great privileges and honors of my life. 
     However, after much deliberation, I have decided I must leave 
     the Senate before the end of my term.
       I am, therefore, resigning my Senate seat effective 11:59 
     p.m. EST, April 1, 2018.
           Respectfully,
                                                     Thad Cochran,
     U.S. Senator.
                                  ____

         State of Mississippi, Department of Agriculture and 
           Commerce, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Commissioner.
                                                   March 30, 2018.
     Governor Phil Bryant,
     Office of the Governor, Jackson, MS.
       Dear Governor: I hereby tender my resignation as 
     Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, effective 11:59pm, 
     April 1st, 2018.
           Sincerely,
     Cindy Hyde-Smith.

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