Senator Cochran was the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking for the new Multi-Tenant building at the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park in Starkville, MS. The event was held on Thursday, October 16, on the campus of Mississippi State University.
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Senator Thad Cochran, VP of Research and Economic Development at MSU Kirk Schulz, Assistant to the President at MSU Amy Tuck, Chairman of Board of Directors of Oktibbeha County Economic Development Authority Jack Wallace, President of Board of Supervisors John Young, Starkville Mayor Dan Camp, and Shafer and Associates Architect Gary Shafer
Senator Cochran delivers the keynote speech at the groundbreaking.
Senator Thad Cochran had the honor of delivering remarks and performing the ribbon-cutting at the Aurora Flight Sciences ceremony last Thursday. The ceremony marked the celebration of a major expansion of the facility in Columbus, MS. Several of the event’s speakers praised the community support and the hard work of the AFS staff members. Many elected officials attended the event to show their support for Aurora Flight Sciences and its contributions to the state and nation.
During his remarks, Senator Cochran said, “This is just the kind of capability our military has been asking for in order to provide cost-effective airborne surveillance twenty-four hours a day to our soldiers on the battlefield, and I look forward to the day full production Orion aircraft roll out of this hangar for delivery to the Department of Defense. I am proud to say that Aurora Flight Sciences is a fine example of the type of industry we want in Mississippi.”
“The Forum on American Enterprise honoring U.S. Senator Thad Cochran” was held yesterday at the Jackson Marriott by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. The event invited teachers, students, and legislators from all across the state to attend. Speakers included Senator Cochran, Governor Haley Barbour, Sid Salter from the Clarion-Ledger, State Superintendent of Education Dr. Hank Bounds, and Chairman of MS Council on Economic Education Dr. Ted Alexander.
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A banner was hung honoring Senator Cochran that read “Giving Our Children the Tools they need to Suceed.”
Senator Cochran speaks to a crowd of several hundred at the MS Council on Economic Education event.
This afternoon, Senator Thad Cochran and Mississippi GOP Chairman Brad White addressed a crowd of nearly 200 people at the Jones County Republican Women luncheon. Both Sen. Cochran and Brad White encouraged the crowd to “Get out the vote,” an important part of the upcoming election on both a state and national level. Below are pictures from the event. Click here to view more pictures.
View the video footage below from the grand opening ceremony of the new B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center where Senator Cochran read a letter from President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton.
Senator Thad Cochran, Governor Haley Barbour, and Senator Roger Wicker attended the “Leadership Bridging the Gap” breakfast in Columbus, MS, on August 20. The event was a forum for local political officials and business leaders of North Mississippi to gather and discuss significant issues facing Mississippi. Cochran, Wicker, and Barbour delivered remarks at the event. View Senator Cochran’s remarks from the event which focused on ”Bridging the Gap.”
View video highlights below of Senator Cochran’s speech at the monthly luncheon of the Lafayette County Republican Women’s Club on Wednesday, August 13. Click here for more information and to view photographs of the event.
Listen to what Senator Cochran had to say at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Public Hearing in Flora, MS, on Tuesday. Flora is one of the six contenders for the facility which will study animal-borne diseases for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Senator Cochran, Ranking Republican of the Senate Appropriations Committee, took the Senate floor on Thursday, July 31, to highlight the failure of the Democrat-led Senate to fulfill its annual appropriations responsibilities or act on meaningful energy reform.
Last week the Senate halted action on the Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations process because of hesitation from Democrats to vote on appropriations provisions regarding domestic oil production.
For weeks, Republican Senators have been advocating for consideration of legislation, both in the Appropriations Committee and on the Senate Floor, that would allow for further domestic oil exploration as well as energy conservation. However, the Senate adjourned last week without a vote on drilling. The Democratic leadership in the Senate refused to allow the vote to take place on the pressing issue. This vote was prevented for several reasons:
The Democratic leadership opposes increasing domestic oil production, and they do not want to be against the 70 percent of Americans who are in favor of it. 80 percent of Mississippians are in favor of domestic drilling as well. Who would want to be against those numbers?
The Democratic leadership recognizes that several Democratic senators would vote alongside every GOP senator in support of the bill. This would result in allowing the bill to pass.
Also, they know that Senator Obama would vote against that bill, therefore, they don’t want to risk allowing Obama to cast the unpopular vote.
The full text of Cochran’s remarks on the U.S. Senate floor is provided below.
“Mr. President, two weeks ago today, the Committee on Appropriations marked up three Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations bills. Those bills would provide funding for programs ranging from agricultural research to veterans health care, and from foreign aid to the infrastructure that supports our men and women in the Armed Forces. While some members of the Committee had concerns about the overall spending levels in those bills or individual provisions within them, the Committee reported the measures by broad, bipartisan votes. Those votes reflect the Committee’s collective belief that it has a fundamental responsibility each year to draft, debate, and report to the Senate its spending recommendations for the day-to-day operations of our government.
Senator Cochran spoke on the U.S. Senate floor again on Wednesday, July 30, urging the Senate to take action to provide meaningful energy reform before the Senate adjourned for August. Read below Senator Cochran’s remarks on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday.
“Mr. President, We will soon be adjourning the current session of the Senate, and we have yet to consider any meaningful proposals to help relieve the pressure all of our constituents are feeling because of the high cost of energy. Before we return home, we should pass a bill that encourages increased production of energy here at home to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
America has responded to the jump in the price of gasoline by driving less and using less, and the price of oil has decreased significantly in the last two weeks because of this. There is a direct link between supply and demand and the price of oil. In order to pay less for oil, we must have more supply and we must have our own domestic supplies. We have been debating a bill that will not increase supply or decrease demand. The democrats continue to thwart our efforts on this subject, and we find ourselves in a logjam.
