Honorable Trent Lott
United States Senator, Mississippi, Republican
Senator Lott was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1988. He was Administrative Assistant to U.S. Representative William Colmer (MS-D) from 1968 to 1972, and represented the Fifth District of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1988. He was elected Senate Majority Whip in 1995 and Senate Majority Leader, his current post, in 1997. The following statement is from the Senate floor debate of March 4, 1998, on the Lautenberg-DeWine amendment to S. 1173, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), to establish a national standard prohibiting driving by individuals with a blood-alcohol concentration of…
