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Thompson, Watson Coleman: After NYC Attack TSA Must Focus on Overdue Security Mandates
Black lawmakers may skip civil rights museum opening in protest of Trump
By Astead W. Herndon Globe Staff
WASHINGTON — Black civil rights leaders, angered by a White House they view as racially divisive, are considering boycotts and protests as they wrestle with how to respond to President Trump's planned attendance this week at the opening of a civil rights museum in Mississippi.
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Does the New Homeland Security Secretary Agree with Trump?
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Thompson Statement on DHS Confirmation Vote
December 5, 2017 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news the Senate has confirmed Kirstjen Nielsen to be Homeland Security Secretary:
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Thompson: DHS Border Numbers Show No Need for Wall
December 5, 2017 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) end-of-year immigration enforcement numbers:
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December 4, 2017 (202) 225-5876
Congressman Thompson's Statement on President Trump's Attendance to MS Civil Rights Museum Opening
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Troublesome: New FEMA Request for $100 Million Single Vendor Puerto Rico Recovery Contract
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Ranking Member Bennie Thompson Hearing Statement
World Wide Threats: Keeping America Secure in the New Age of Terror
November 30, 2017
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Republicans Refuse NAACP Witness for Domestic Terrorism Hearing
November 28, 2017 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent the below letter to Committee Chairman Michael McCaul protesting his exclusion of the NAACP from a full Committee hearing Thursday on homeland threats and domestic terrorism:
Election Security Task Force Requests Funding for State Election Security, ReplacingOutdated Voting Machines