Sixteen years, Mr. Secretary, is far too long. Let's put this baby to bed and get on with protecting and doing a job that our fine men and women do.
Bennie Thompson: “Sixteen years, Mr. Secretary, is far too long. Let's put this baby to bed and get on with protecting and doing a job…”
On the recordMarch 15, 2016
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Thompson emphasizes the need to resolve a long-standing racial discrimination suit against the Secret Service.
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