MS HC103

Recognizes U.S. Senator William Thad Cochran upon his retirement effective April 1, 2018, after 46 years representing Mississippi in Congress (6 years in the House, 40 years in the Senate)

Acknowledges Cochran as the first Republican in over 100 years to win a statewide election in Mississippi (1978) and the 10th longest-serving Senator in U.S. history

Highlights his role as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee in securing $29 billion in Hurricane Katrina relief, including $5 billion in HUD Community Development Block Grant funds for Mississippi

Credits Cochran with securing federal funding for farmers, universities, local governments, Pascagoula's shipyard, and military installations throughout his tenure

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to Senator Cochran, the President, Vice President, Senate President Pro Tempore, and the Governor of Mississippi