Bennie Thompson Quotes

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,.

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.

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

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.

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.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives

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

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