Press Releases
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) today announced the U.S. |
BOLTON, MS. – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $19,947,355 Local and Regional Project Assistance Grant (RAISE) to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). |
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), former Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, released the following statement on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol: |
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Joseph R. Biden will honor posthumously civil rights leader, women’s rights activist, community organizer, and Mississippi’s Second Congressional District native Fannie Lou Hamer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award will be presented at The White House at 1:00 p.m. |
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Joe Biden announced Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal. |
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $1,853,862 through the 2024 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. |
BOLTON, MS. — Today, Congressman Bennie Thompson announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a significant federal grant to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) through the Bridge Investment Program. |
| BOLTON, MS — Congressman Bennie Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $2,170,182 to the Mississippi State Department of Health to support Maternal and Child Health Services. |
BOLTON, MS. — Congressman Bennie Thompson is pleased to announce a grant award of $307,243 to In Her Shoes, Inc., located in Webb, Mississippi, through USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP), to support the Advancing Small Farm Sustainability in the Miss |
(Bolton, MS) Today, Congressman Bennie Thompson announced that Mississippi was awarded $33,029,800 in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services at the U.S. |