Bennie Thompson Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. 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.

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#3. We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.

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#4. Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.

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#5. 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.

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

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#7. Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives

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#8. Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company.

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#9. History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.

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#10. 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,.

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#11. I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

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

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#13. I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

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#14. Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

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#15. Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

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#16. 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.

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#17. 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 political agenda.

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

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#19. I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.

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#20. At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.

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