Bennie Thompson

Bennie G. Thompson ( born January 28, 1948 in Bolton, Mississippi ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is since 1993 a deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives and he represents the 2nd Congressional District of the state of Mississippi, which is west and north of the state capital of Jackson with the cities of Vicksburg, Greenville and Clarksdale from an area.

Life

Bennie Thompson attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1968, the Tougaloo College. In 1972 he graduated from Jackson State University in Jackson. After that, he was a teacher.

Bennie Thompson is married to London Johnson. The couple has a daughter and two grandchildren.

Political career

Between 1969 and 1973 he was a member of the City Council of Bolton from 1973 to 1979 he was mayor of that city. From 1980 to 1993 he served on the County Council (Board of Supervisors ) in Hinds County. Following the resignation of Congressman Mike Espy, who joined as Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton, Thompson was elected in the by-election due to his successor in the House of Representatives in Washington. After he was confirmed in all subsequent years each in office, Thompson heard since April 13, 1993 to date of this body. His current term of office runs until 3 January 2011.

Since December 7, 2006 Thompson Chairman of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security 's (Committee on Homeland Security). Thompson is considered liberal. After the natural disasters of 2005 on the Gulf Coast, he supported the reconstruction of the region. His main areas of policy are in addition to the national security, civil rights, agriculture and education and health. In recent years, Thompson made ​​headlines when he was accused expensive business trips. In addition, he is said to have made ​​other trips that were funded by a now- imprisoned lobbyist. However, there have been no official investigation or inquiry against him.