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118th Congress

January 2, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Joe Biden announced Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal.

December 2, 2024
Newsletter Archive

Welcome to The Thompson Report on the Second Congressional District of Mississippi. Inside you
will find information about the District, grants, legislative actions and more. My monthly newsletter
will be distributed by email to constituents.


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November 5, 2024

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. 

November 4, 2024
Newsletter Archive

Welcome to The Thompson Report on the Second Congressional District of Mississippi. Inside you
will find information about the District, grants, legislative actions and more. My monthly newsletter
will be distributed by email to constituents.
 

November 1, 2024

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.

November 1, 2024
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.
November 1, 2024

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

October 31, 2024

(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.

October 17, 2024

Jackson, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been awarded federal funding for critical improvements to the I-20/I-55 Freight Corridor in Jackson, Mississippi.