Bennie Thompson
Bennie Thompson
Bennie Gordon Thompsonis the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1993, and the ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.
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History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.
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Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.
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Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company.
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At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.
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I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.
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We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.
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There's an awful lot of frustration a month after the event.
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We've been told time and time again that we are prepared for any emergency that comes, that we're ready. We're obviously not.
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People just looked at him, ... He was the first speaker, and it sort of went downhill after that. People felt we are not going to get the truth here.
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How can the government say it is serious about reconstructing the Gulf Coast and edge out small and minority-owned businesses? The only way to make sure the relief funds reach hurricane victims and damaged areas is to be aggressive about oversight.
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It was too little, too late. We missed the mark.