Bennie Thompson
Bennie Thompson
Bennie Gordon Thompsonis the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1993, and the ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
skills weather mind
Disaster preparedness, whether it's in anticipation of potential weather-related incidents or terrorist incidents requires a skill set that in my mind someone has to be trained for,.
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It seems like the family in Miami will just want to drag this on.
classrooms expertise particular portable temporary
does not have any particular expertise in constructing or installing portable classrooms or other temporary structures.
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It was too little, too late. We missed the mark.
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It would be one thing if the department didn't identify security lapses in the first place, but a more troubling situation when they make promises to the American people and then leave them unfulfilled.
needs people talk talking
needs to go talk to some of the people I'm talking to.
concerns contract legitimacy paying price twice
to look into this contract and see if there is a legitimacy to my concerns that we may be paying twice the price for this product.
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The president has talked about small businesses being the engine of our economy, but when the time for sound bites is over his administration still uses the same backroom deals to take care of their friends,
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To get a barbering license, a license to be a cosmetologist, a license to be a plumber or electrician in this state, you can't have a criminal record.
people tend
I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.
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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.
almost believe harm people
Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.
neither nor politics
I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.
particular share terrorists
Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.