“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

Political Quotes

On the recordApril 26, 2023
Good afternoon. I want to thank Chairman Garbarino and Ranking Member Swalwell for organizing this important hearing and Director Easterly for coming to testify before the subcommittee today.
Said by
Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Thompson expresses gratitude for organizing the hearing and acknowledges the director's testimony.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Bennie Thompson

Jun 21, 2025

If ICE has nothing to hide, DHS must make its facilities available.

motherjones.com
Jun 2, 2025

Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke.

truthout.org
Mar 6, 2025

The department was using 'flat out wrong anti-union talking points.'

cbsnews.com
Jul 3, 2025

At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones.

cbsnews.com
View all Bennie Thompson quotes

Other voices in this conversation