Bennie Thompson

Virgin Islands was one of many stops.

I will not. Filing a comment requesting that CBP take a second look at this program. CBP has not re-issued a new notice, and the questions that I and many others have about ATS have not yet been answered. Until a new notice is released, I…

But to your knowledge no criminal charges have been filed against the people on the plane.

It is not the ``Department'' that gives up family time to help secure our Nation. It is not the ``Department'' that works nights, weekends, and holidays. It is not the ``Department'' that puts its life on the line. It is the people of the…

This Democratic motion to recommit solves the problem. We hope we can get support from the majority of the body. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I am happy to say at this time that there is bipartisan opposition to this bill. I would like to yield 3 minutes to a border State Representative, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe).

Putting a fence up really doesn't stop people if you don't put the support system around it. So I would encourage my colleagues at some point to look at comprehensive border security and that approach, as well as developing a comprehensive…

We have two speakers en route, one we just talked to, who assures us he will be here shortly. Mr. Chairman, do you have someone else?

In response to my chairman, I have heard a fence called a lot of things, but hearing it called a ``humanitarian gesture'' is something very new. I guess you learn something every time you are on the floor. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\…

I am proud at this time to yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the Democratic Caucus, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn).

We are not nearly as robust in this area as we need to be. We could have had a major catastrophe on our hands.

I appreciate the gentlelady allowing me to speak in support of her amendment. We absolutely need to work with communities around ports. Those communities, just like other communities, are at risk, not only to what comes into those…

Well, it is not. And what we find is there are a substantial number of containers that come to this country, as you know, without any inspection. To inspect it when it gets to our shores, if it is a dirty bomb or anything like that, is…

Today, Representative Bennie Thompson said there's no jury in the state that would convict him.

Michael Chertoff is the head of the agency. He has to absolutely bear part of the responsibility for the inaction of that agency.

I am joined this evening by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Jefferson), my colleague from New Orleans, on a Special Order held by the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the events of the last few days relative to Hurricane Katrina. As…

I rise and express strong support for the amendment of the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Hooley). It sends a strong and simple message to Congress: do not raise aviation passenger fees. I strongly believe that raising fees will place an…

In order to speak on this amendment, I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson) is recognized for 10 minutes.

At this time we do not have another speaker, and I would like to reserve the balance of my time.

There's a bridge that connects my district with the neighboring state of Arkansas, that if that bridge is taken out, you would have to go 100 miles to get to the other side of the river. Well, it was not listed.

Today, we have celebrated, in some respects, the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers who, in his lifetime, was misunderstood by a number of Americans. But here we are 40 years from that date on the floor of…

People sympathize with people who make mistakes. And those people who are Christian hope that the people who do wrong will see the error of their ways and seek some opportunities for redemption.

Nobody really supports individuals doing wrong. As long as the pursuit of the wrongdoers is within the confines of the laws and on balance, then the general public will support it. And I don't know any people that I talk to who support…