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Bennie Thompson

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Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson has been a prominent voice in Congress on issues related to homeland security, having served as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on various aspects of national security and has been an advocate for addressing threats posed by terrorism and drug cartels.

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May 15, 2023

Marking the anniversary of the Buffalo supermarket shooting with a hearing on left-wing extremism displays a shocking lack of sensitivity to the scores of individuals harmed by far-right violence.

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May 15, 2023

I urge my colleagues to focus on the facts and use their power and influence to combat dangerous, deadly, far-right violence.

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May 15, 2023

Protecting the homeland ultimately means protecting the people who live here, which is what the brave men and women who serve in law enforcement do every day.

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May 15, 2023

We must do more to protect our homeland, our communities, and our officers.

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May 15, 2023

At worst, it is a shameful attempt to whitewash and deflect attention from inaction on gun violence and a threat posed by far-right extremist groups.

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May 15, 2023

The virtually unregulated guns circulating in our communities are threats to homeland security and to law enforcement lives.

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May 15, 2023

Every single Republican opposed my amendment.

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May 15, 2023

Not only did the former President fail to condemn far right groups and ideologies, he allowed them to flourish.

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May 15, 2023

Mr. Chairman, historical data makes clear that far-right extremists, particularly white supremacists, are a clear and present threat to the homeland security.

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May 15, 2023

My heart goes out to the victims and families of those murdered in an apparent right-wing extremist shooting in Allen, Texas.

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May 10, 2023

Republicans want it both ways. First, they vote to reduce the number of Border Patrol agents in the field by 1,400 under their default in America act, and now all of a sudden, they want to do something different. So either you are for it…

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May 10, 2023

The Congressional Budget Office says the child deportation act would ``decrease the population of the United States by about 600,000 people, mostly by reducing the number of unaccompanied children present in the country.'' Republicans…

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May 10, 2023

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the child deportation act provision requiring DHS to negotiate with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to return unaccompanied children will result in 550,000 children being deported back to…

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May 10, 2023

If Republicans were serious about border security, they would have joined Democrats in passing last year's government funding bill, which paid for an increase of 300 Border Patrol agents, the first increase since the Obama administration…

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May 10, 2023

While the imposition of a nationwide E-Verify on all businesses found in this bill is not part of the Homeland Security division, it still affects me as a Member of Congress from a rural part of the country. I cannot overstate how damaging…

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May 10, 2023

On March 15, Border Patrol Chief Ortiz told the Homeland Security Committee that ``cartels control an awful lot of the southern border south of the United States.'' Last time I checked, south of the United States meant Mexico and not five…

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May 10, 2023

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would ``affect the legal status of about 4.4 million people who would be granted parole or asylum under current law.'' Parolees fleeing war in Ukraine and the Taliban in Afghanistan…

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May 10, 2023

It's still on-going, I guess, as we saw on CNN last night. He's still saying that he won the election.

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May 10, 2023

We have other variations of that too. We've got even people here in Congress who can't bring themselves to admit that President Trump didn't win the election.

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May 10, 2023

At some point you have to correct the Record. We had a debt ceiling budget vote several weeks ago. The Republican-approved debt ceiling budget would cut the DHS budget by 22 percent. So you can't be for something, but you don't invest in…

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May 10, 2023

On February 1, the last speaker voted against the public health emergency that served as the legal basis for the use of title 42 at the southwest border. My colleagues want to have it both ways, which is why, I guess, he supports H.R. 2…

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May 10, 2023

The extreme MAGA Republican default on America act, which the last Speaker voted for, would result in CBP not being able to seize nearly 900 pounds of fentanyl because of the draconian cuts to its budget. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to…

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May 10, 2023

The extreme MAGA Republican default on America act, which the last speaker voted for, would result in an across-the-board cut of 22 percent for the Department of Homeland Security, which would undermine border security. Mr. Speaker, I…

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May 10, 2023

I wholeheartedly agree with Ranking Member Ivey about how critical it is that we examine the impact of false information on our Nation.

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May 9, 2023

Seaports are key drivers of the U.S. economy and keeping them secure is vital to the American way of life.

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