Press Releases

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Thompson voted to fund $10,527,500 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for the 2nd Congressional District. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the Mississippi Delta.

(Washington D.C.) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson announced that Mississippi colleges and universities have been awarded approximately $575 in American Rescue Plan funding. This has been one of the largest allocations of funding attributed to colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).

BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G.

BOLTON, MS –Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces an offer of appointment to the United States Air Force Academy for the Second Congressional District.

BOLTON, MS –Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces an offer of appointment to the United States Air Force Academy for the Second Congressional District.

BOLTON, MS –Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces an offer of appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point for the Second Congressional District.

Congressman Bennie Thompson Invites Jackson Resident Who Leads the fight against COVID-19 at the Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, increasing the vaccination rate and saving lives in the African American Community as Virtual Guest to President Biden's State of the Union Address to Congress

(Washington D.C.) – Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and the Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland will visit Civil Rights Sites in Mississippi on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. The visit will give Secretary Haaland a first-hand account of the people and places significant to the nation's Civil Rights struggle that began in the Mississippi Delta.