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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 14, 2021
Fixing jurisdiction over DHS is one of the only recommendations of the 9/11 Commission that has yet to be resolved.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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Thompson emphasizes the need to address jurisdiction issues for DHS.

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