Honorable Bennie Thompson
United States Representative, Mississippi, Democrat
Representative Thompson, of the Second District of Mississippi, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993. He served on the Bolton (Mississippi) Board of Aldermen from 1969 to 1973, as Mayor of Bolton from 1973 to 1979, and as Hinds County Supervisor from 1980 to 1993. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Homeland Security Committee. The following is from the November 19, 2015, House floor debate on H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act. We live in uncertain and dangerous times with ever-evolving terrorist threats. The brutality that ISIL has inflicted on…
