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Bennie Thompson: “No one should blame the men and women of DHS for problems Congress has allowed to fester.”

On the recordApril 30, 2019
No one should blame the men and women of DHS for problems Congress has allowed to fester.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson defends DHS employees against blame for ongoing issues.

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