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On the recordApril 11, 2018
Given the inception of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 and the support of the Bush administration, if I may, I would suggest renaming St. Elizabeths Campus to the George W. Bush Homeland Security Center. Maybe that will get Congress to fund it.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson suggests renaming the campus to secure funding for the DHS project.

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