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Bennie Thompson's Public Statements on Issue: Arts, Entertainment, and History

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (MS) - District 2

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10/18/2022 Congressman Bennie Thompson Announces National Park Services Awards $77,009 Mississippi Organizations
04/25/2022 Congressman Thompson Announces Winner of Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District 2022 Virtual Art Competition
04/25/2022 Congressman Thompson Announces Winner of Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District 2022 Virtual Art Competition
07/15/2021 Letter to Husain Al-Musallam, President of the Fédération Internationale de Natation - Reps. Watson Coleman and Lee Lead Letter to International Swimming Federation on Swim Caps for Natural Hair
02/19/2021 Booker, Lee, Thompson Announce Re-Introduction of Bicameral Bill to Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol
09/11/2020 Thompson Statement Marking 19 Years Since the September 11 Terror Attacks
07/22/2020 Replacing Bust of Roger Brooke Taney with Bust of Thurgood Marshall
07/13/2020 Hoyer, Lee, Clyburn, Bass, Thompson, and Butterfield Introduce Bill to Remove Bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and Statues of Defenders of Slavery and Segregation from the U.S. Capitol
06/30/2020 Congressman Thompson's Statement on Changing the Mississippi State Flag
06/11/2020 Lee, Thompson Reintroduce Bill to Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol
03/18/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Lead Colleagues in Urging House Leadership to Protect Travel and Tourism Jobs in Recovery Package
09/11/2019 Thompson statement marking 18 years since the September 11 terror attacks
01/09/2019 Medgar Evers Home National Monument
09/11/2018 Thompson Statement on the 17th Anniversary of September 11
05/16/2018 Congressman Thompson's Medgar Evers National Monument Act Passes House
04/15/2018 Thompson Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings
02/14/2018 Bipartisan, Locally Supported National Monument Bills Advance Through Committee
08/15/2017 Congressman Thompson Calls for Removal of Confederate Symbols on MS Flag and US Capitol
06/16/2017 Thompson Statement on the Anniversary of the Charleston Church Shooting
06/12/2017 Thompson Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
05/24/2017 Thompson Request Investigation into Mississippi Legislator's Call for Lynchings
01/27/2017 Trump Ends His First Week How He Began His Campaign: Sowing Fear and Embracing Stereotypes
11/04/2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama - Presidential Medal of Freedom for Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers
09/11/2016 Thompson Statement on the 15th Anniversary of September 11
07/08/2016 Congressman Thompson Urges Committee on House Administration to Take Action on Flag

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