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. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
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. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
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… — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up… — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
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… — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was… — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
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,… — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
