Bennie Thompson

I commend the FBI for its work recovering Colonial's ransomware payment and depriving the hackers of the financial benefit.

Climate change is very real and creating more frequent and extreme natural disasters.

We can’t allow this insurrectionist activity to occur.

What those scholars say clearly represent, I think, a compendium of what they saw on January 6. That action, an insurrection that occurred, really is a test for our democracy.

We have had a number of my colleagues come before us encouraging this body to support this commission and this legislation. They have spoken valiantly in support of it. They have put their hearts and souls into making sure that it is…

Let me just say to the ranking member, this won't be the last time that we put together legislation for the good of this country, I assure you of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Torres), the vice…

We have to get beyond this.

This is the citadel of democracy, our United States Capitol. We can`t afford to have anyone over run it, especially for certifying an election.

The language -- we`ll put a 10-member commission together with subpoena power.

This bill is in the best interest of this country.

I applaud the Biden administration for committing to addressing the root causes of migration.

The real crisis is the conditions in some Central American countries that are pushing people north.

The situation at the Southern Border is not a new challenge.

We regret the fact that your work as head of CISA ended over your principled stand that the election was, in fact, a legitimate election

We cannot afford to wait any longer to provide the funding necessary to protect our State and local governments.

According to employee surveys, TSA ranks dead last out of 415 Federal agency subcomponents on employee pay satisfaction.

Under TSA's mismanaged personnel system, employees lack basic civil service protections and benefits Congress codified for most Federal workers many decades ago.

Despite serving on the front lines of homeland security during the COVID-19 pandemic, TSOs remain among the lowest-paid Federal workers.

Unfortunately, after almost 20 years of promises by previous administrations to improve TSA's personnel management system, the TSA workforce still lacks the resources and support it needs to execute its mission successfully.

TSA is essential to the Nation's homeland security enterprise. It could not do its critical work without its strongest asset: Its workforce.

Simply put, H.R. 903 is about workers' rights, civil rights, and enhancing our Nation's security.

The report warned that U.S.-based RMVE actors 'who promote the superiority of the White race' possess the most 'persistent and concerning transnational connections'.

The January 6 attack will undoubtedly serve as a watershed moment for RMVE actors across the globe.

It is time for our treatment of foreign RMVE threats to be consistent with how we treat other foreign terrorist threats.

We are here today to talk about racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists or RMVEs.