Senate honors Katie Blunt on retirement; brief floor exchange over remarks about her spouse

The Senate took up Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 53 to recognize Katie Blunt on the occasion of her retirement as director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The sponsor praised Blunt’s long service to the state and asked for final passage by morning roll call.

During floor consideration Senator Wiggins interjected a personal comment questioning "her decision about her husband" while asking whether that would affect a vote; the sponsor and other members treated the remark lightly and the session included a gentle admonition from Senator Brian: "it might be well for us to refrain from listing women who had made strange choices about husbands who later grew up to be state senators." The Senate then proceeded with a morning roll call and recorded the resolution’s final passage.

The resolution was presented as a commendation of Blunt’s service; the exchange on the floor was recorded as a brief, jocular aside followed by the Senate’s unanimous action to pass the resolution.