Press Releases
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Domestic Terrorism in Minnesota Today
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on on the deadly targeted shootings in Minnesota today: “I am horrified by the deadly shootings in Minnesota today - they are tragically just the latest examples of politically motivated violence and domestic terrorism in our country. My prayers and condolences are with the victims, their families, and the people of Minnesota today. “To be clear, violence … Continue Reading
June 12, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on DHS Law Enforcement Assaulting Senator Padilla
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on Federal law enforcement, under the direction of wannabe fascist dictator Donald Trump, violently accosted and handcuffed a Democratic U.S. Senator in Los Angeles today: “As the former Chairman of the January 6 Committee, I know a direct attack on democracy when I see it - and what happened to Senator Padilla today is clearly an attack on our democracy. He … Continue Reading
June 12, 2025
Ranking Members Thompson, Thanedar Condemn Republicans Targeting Religious Groups, Charities, and NGOs
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, & Accountability, released the below statement on Committee Republicans targeting of hundreds of charities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who assist migrants with basic needs: “House Republicans targeting charities, religious organizations, and other NGOs for assisting migrants … Continue Reading
June 11, 2025
Ranking Members Thompson, Kennedy Statement on Trump and Kristi Noem’s Plan to Eliminate FEMA This Year
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Emergency Management and Technology subcommittee, released the joint statement below on President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s continued nonsense comments on FEMA and their ‘plan’ to eliminate it: “President Trump’s comments about eliminating FEMA after this hurricane season are a reckless betrayal of the American … Continue Reading
June 10, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump Illegally Sending Marines and More National Guard Troops to Los Angeles
(WASHINGTON) - (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump sending Marines and more National Guard to Los Angeles: “Once again, Donald Trump and his ghoulish minions continue to purposely inflame a crisis of their own making. Despite the lies his administration is spreading with its wall-to-wall media tour, there is zero need to send the National Guard - or active-duty Marines - to … Continue Reading
June 06, 2025
Ranking Members Thompson & Magaziner Statement on Trump Admin Putting 22-Year-Old with Zero Experience in Charge of DHS Counterterrorism Office
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, released the following statement on President Trump putting a 22-year-old college graduate and MAGA campaign worker with zero experience in charge of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3): “There is no valid reason to … Continue Reading
June 05, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Kristi Noem Continuing to Play Politics with National Security as She Ends Quiet Skies Program
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ending the Transportation Security Administration’s “Quiet Skies” security program and continuing to lie about the program’s use: “Kristi Noem is lying when she pretends that the Quiet Skies security program was previously politicized. If she is searching for an example of the political weaponization of her … Continue Reading
May 22, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Republicans Jamming Their GOP Tax Scam Through the House
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on House Republicans maliciously jamming through their “One Big Ugly Bill” in the dead of night: “This horrific bill is one of the most shameful grifts I have ever seen played on the American public. It recklessly throws an enormous - and unnecessary - amount of taxpayer money at the border to buy the votes of Republicans so each one of them can get on board … Continue Reading
May 22, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Antisemitic Attack at the Capital Jewish Museum
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the tragic antisemitic attack at the Capital Jewish Museum last night: “Today our thoughts are with the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy. The full force of the FBI must quickly and thoroughly investigate this senseless attack. I pray the FBI still has the manpower, expertise, and resources to do so. We must stand together to root out … Continue Reading
May 19, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on the Trump Administration Baselessly Targeting Congresswoman McIver
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on Donald Trump and his minions baselessly charging Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ): “The Trump administration charging Congresswoman McIver for conducting her lawful oversight duties is purely political and is the true weaponization of government by a Felon President and his cabal of minions always at the ready to do his bidding. “This is just another … Continue Reading
May 10, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Incident at New Jersey ICE Facility
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the incident at the Delaney Hall U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in New Jersey yesterday where members of Congress were attacked by ICE agents while attempting to conduct lawful oversight of the facility: “I 100 percent stand by my colleagues fulfilling their duties to conduct oversight. The law is clear - ICE must let them in when … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on the Firing of the Acting FEMA Administrator
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on news that Cameron Hamilton, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, was fired after he told Congress yesterday: “I do not believe it is in the best interests of the American people to eliminate [FEMA]": “It’s telling that Mr. Hamilton was fired when he told the truth and refused to toe the … Continue Reading
May 06, 2025
Congresswoman Pou Named to Co-Lead of Security Task Force on World Cup, 2028 Olympics, and America’s 250th Birthday Celebration
(WASHINGTON) - Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) has been named to co-lead the House Homeland Security Committee’s bipartisan task force focused on oversight of security for the FIFA 2025 and 2026 World Cups, the 2028 Summer Olympics, and the 250th birthday celebrations of the United States. Both the FIFA World Cup 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 2026 will play several games, including the final matches, in the Congresswoman’s New Jersey district. The Democratic members of the Task Force on … Continue Reading
May 02, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on the President’s Preliminary Budget Request for DHS
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the President’s preliminary budget request for the Department of Homeland Security: “The President’s preliminary budget request would inflict enormous harm on the country and our homeland security. Not only does it call for extreme cuts that would decimate FEMA, CISA, and TSA, but when the administration tries to justify these cuts it has to resort to … Continue Reading
April 29, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson: Silent Republicans Unable to Defend Their Reconciliation Bill or Trump’s Unconstitutional Policies
(WASHINGTON) - Today, in the Committee on Homeland Security reconciliation markup to jam through President Trump’s agenda to give tax cuts to billionaires and gut Medicaid, Republicans not only voted down commonsense amendments to reign in the Trump administration’s reckless and unconstitutional homeland security actions, they could not utter a single argument against Democratic amendments - nor offer a defense of their $69 billion bill. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the … Continue Reading
April 29, 2025
Ranking Members Raskin, Thompson, and Connolly Demand Trump Administration Provide the Contract They Crafted With El Salvador to House Hundreds of Migrants in Brutal Mega-Prison
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Gerrald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials demanding to see the agreement they crafted with El Salvador to hold more than 200 individuals from the United States in the notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo … Continue Reading
April 23, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump Decimating FEMA’s Workforce and Playing Politics with Disaster Assistance with Hurricane Season Coming Soon
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump continuing to play politics with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), deny disaster assistance to states in need, and decimate FEMA’s workforce - all while hurricane season starts in less than six weeks: “With hurricane season starting in less than six weeks, news reports indicate that Trump has politicized FEMA to such a … Continue Reading
April 11, 2025
200+ House Democrats File Amicus Brief Against Unconstitutional Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
(WASHINGTON) — Today, House Democrats continued their efforts to push back against President Donald Trump’s unlawful executive directives by filing an amicus brief in defense of the essential constitutional principle of birthright citizenship in the matter of State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al. The brief was signed by 208 members of the Democratic Caucus, including leads and Litigation Task Force Co-Chairs Assistant Leader Joe Neguse and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, along with House … Continue Reading
April 04, 2025
Ranking Members Thompson & Kennedy Statement on Trump Administration Ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Emergency Management and Technology subcommittee, released the joint statement below on the Trump Administration ending FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program - that the Trump Administration started in 2018 - and taking away billions in grants from communities: “Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Kristi Noem … Continue Reading
March 28, 2025
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump’s Union Busting Executive Order
(WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump’s latest executive order attacking the Federal workforce and attempting to end collective bargaining rights at dozens of agencies: “President Trump’s latest union busting executive order straight from Project 2025 continues his nonstop assault on the Federal workforce. This order claims to be putting national security first, but we all … Continue Reading