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Congressman Thompson Introduces Legislation to Expand DHS Overseas Efforts to Prevent Terrorist Travel
Bill will also add 2000 officers to CBP workforce -
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Ease Congestion at TSA Screening Checkpoints
H.R. 5340, the FASTER Act, will ensure passenger security fees are used for aviation security -
Hurricane Katrina - Ten Years Later
Ranking Member Thompson details the work that still needs to be done in an Editorial marking the tenth anniversary
Latest News
Jan 20, 2017
Press Release
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of General John F. Kelly to be Secretary of Homeland Security...
Jan 18, 2017
Press Release
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news from the Department of Homeland Security on the settlement of the decades-old racial bias case brought by agents against the U.S. Secret Service...
Jan 10, 2017
Correspondence
Today, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, and Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to make swift appointments to the bipartisan, independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board...
Jan 6, 2017
Press Release
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson that he has designated election infrastructure as a critical infrastructure subsector...
Jan 6, 2017
Press Release
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the report released by the Intelligence Community on Russian interference in the presidential election...
Jan 6, 2017
Press Release
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that President-elect Trump and the Republican Majority in Congress intend to have the American taxpayer pay for his border “wall”...