FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Contact: Margaret Wicker
May 2 , 2007	(202)224-6414

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) said the following today in response to President Bush’s veto of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill:

“We need to quickly resolve the differences between the President and the Congress on this issue and approve a bill that provides the troops with the funding needed to protect the security of our country.”