WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Seth Magaziner, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, issued the following statement on the nomination of Joe Kent as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center: "Joe Kent has twice b  more