Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any… — 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
