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      <excerpt>...that the suspect started talking again and has given useful information. Miller sent a letter to Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson asking for a hearing with Holder.  Nashville, Tenn. -- The Army is curtailing plans to cut what it spends on running its </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Holmes and his band, Showbiz, have made an excellent living playing events on and around Capitol Hill, from weddings to Rep. Bennie Thompson&amp;#39;s fish fry, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;The data received from the department was unreliable and unverifiable,&amp;quot; said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the full committee, &amp;quot;and contained ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson tells Fox News EXCLUSIVELY that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano&amp;#39;s absence at a ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...but also a lack of internal controls, minimal oversight and insufficient reporting throughout the entire department,&quot; said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the full committee. Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Christopher Carney, D-Pa., decried the l</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;Under questioning by the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Kennedy [State Dept Under Sect.] explained why the State Department might not revoke the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... visit to Washington to discuss the issue with US Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, head of a Homeland Security subcommittee, might be more fruitful. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...people sick. The chemical can cause breathing problems and possibly cancer.  So we want to send the structures to Haiti? Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said they could be used as temporary shelters or emergency clinics. The recreational vehicle industry</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13) Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02) Hon. John Tierney (MA-06) Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12) Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35) Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12) Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30) Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL) Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19) ...  Readers&amp;#39; Rep</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02) Hon. John Tierney (MA-06) Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12) Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35) Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12) Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30) Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL) Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19). Labels: Progressives ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>That&amp;#39;s the question U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, a Battle Creek Democrat, pressed Thursday at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee&amp;#39;s Aviation Subcommittee. Then, over the weekend, former state Attorney General  Candice </excerpt>
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