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January 2, 2019

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:

December 26, 2018

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

December 26, 2018 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the death of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez. This is the second death this month of a child in the federal government's care at the border:

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Congressman Bennie Thompson with Nufarm sign
December 14, 2018
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December 11, 2018

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:

December 7, 2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson released the following statement on the abrupt closure of Jackson's Virginia College campus:

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November 2, 2018
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October 2, 2018
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September 18, 2018

MEDIA ADVISORY

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

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

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Small Business,

September 17, 2018

By Curtis Hill
2014 Sargent Shriver Youth Warrior Against Poverty Leadership Awardee

Mississippi resident Curtis Hill is a 2014 recipient of a Marguerite Casey Foundation Sargent Shriver Youth Warrior Against Poverty Leadership Award. In this essay, he shares what he learned as a congressional intern in Washington, D.C.

September 11, 2018

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: