Bennie Thompson actually said...

"I would like to thank Ms. McSally and Mr. Payne, Jr. for holding this important hearing."

"Although Hurricane Katrina triggered many reforms to improve the ability to leverage defense support of civil authorities during emergencies."

"We need to continue looking into information sharing with the State and local police and also listening to the boots on the ground on how to recognize and prevent acts of home-grown violent extremism."

"Mr. Chairman, by no means am I saying that this bulletin would have changed the outcome of the situation, but I do think that this illustrates that we need to continue looking into information sharing..."