Bennie Thompson Quotations

We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.

At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.

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.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

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.

While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.

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.

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.

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.

I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.

Unfortunately, WorldCom is not the only company caught up in this kind of accounting scandal. The impact this will have on the general public is yet to be seen.

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.

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,.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives

We need a real citizen preparedness plan ? one that takes care of children, the elderly and the disabled, ... Mothers and grandmothers should not drown in nursing homes because help never arrived.

We need a real citizen preparedness plan -- one that takes care of children, the elderly and the disabled, ... Mothers and grandmothers should not drown in nursing homes because help never arrived.

needs to go talk to some of the people I'm talking to.

I am glad that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has recognized the problems with its contracting methods,

I don't understand it. It's clear that the child should be in the custody of his father,

We've been told time and time again that we are prepared for any emergency that comes, that we're ready. We're obviously not.

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 just looked at him, ... He was the first speaker, and it sort of went downhill after that. People felt we are not going to get the truth here.

Like that day four Septembers ago, we once again find ourselves asking, 'How could this have happened? ... The answer is painful, but it must be acknowledged: we simply were unprepared.

That was just a boneheaded statement from someone who should be in charge of this situation, ... The president will have to change the leadership so that a response this bad will never, never happen again for the American people.

That's twice the cost and for the taxpayers. That's not right. If you're going to do business with Mississippi folks and the law says you should do it then that should happen,

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.

what you see is not really what is.

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,

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.

It was too little, too late. We missed the mark.

There's an awful lot of frustration a month after the event.

It seems like the family in Miami will just want to drag this on.

does not have any particular expertise in constructing or installing portable classrooms or other temporary structures.

How can the government say it is serious about reconstructing the Gulf Coast and edge out small and minority-owned businesses? The only way to make sure the relief funds reach hurricane victims and damaged areas is to be aggressive about oversight.