Bennie Thompson actually said...

"America counts millions of Muslims among our citizens. And Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country."

"the cooperation of Muslim and Arab-American communities has been absolutely 'essential in identifying, and preventing, terrorist threats.'"

"The Department of Homeland Security has made unprecedented efforts to better secure our borders in recent years, with the support of Congress."

"As the main Members of Congress who advocated for collective bargaining rights for TSOs, we heralded your February 2011 decision to confer TSOs those critical workplace rights."