Honorable Thad Cochran
United States Senator, Mississippi, Republican
Senator Cochran was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978. He is a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Governmental Affairs; Rules and Administration; and the Joint Committee on Printing. The following is from a February 14, 2001, statement on a national missile defense system spoken on the Senate floor.I take this time to respond to those who are suggesting we put off, or even cancel, the deployment of a national missile defense system. One reason the critics of the program are giving…
