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Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.
Bennie Thompson
While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.
Bennie Thompson
Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company.
Bennie Thompson
If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, ‘You can go to any school you want to; we don’t see race.’ Biggest lie ever told.
Bennie Thompson
Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives
Bennie Thompson
Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation’s seniors. We’re not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.
Bennie Thompson
At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I’m an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.
Bennie Thompson
Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.
Bennie Thompson
Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge of reforming our accounting industry and holding corporate executives responsible for their actions.
Bennie Thompson
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.
Bennie Thompson
We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.
Bennie Thompson
I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.
Bennie Thompson
I’ve never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.
Bennie Thompson
Today’s terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.
Bennie Thompson