COCHRAN STATEMENT ON DEATH OF FORMER U.S. SENATOR TED STEVENS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who perished in a plane crash in Alaska:

“This is a terrible tragedy.  He was a mentor and a dear friend to me.  My heart and prayers go out to the families of all those aboard.”

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