Press Releases

Chairman Thompson Statement on Bill to Fund DHS

January 3, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Continuing Resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security:

Thompson Statement on John Kelly Departing the Trump Administration

January 2, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member and incoming Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly's departure today from the Trump Administration:

Thompson Statement on Another Death of a Child in Our Government's Care

December 11, 2018 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the President's threat to shut down the government to blackmail Congress for wall funding:

MEDIA ADVISORY

Congressional Hurricane Maria Conference Agenda, Panelists, & Keynote Speaker Announced

September 17, 2018 (WASHINGTON) – This Thursday, September 20^th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security,

Thompson Statement on the 17th Anniversary of September 11

September 11, 2018 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement commemorating the seventeenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks:

Congressman Thompson Selects Alexis Williams to Serve in Washington Office

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced the selection of Jackson native, Alexis Williams, to serve in the role of Scheduler in his Washington, D.C. office.