Schedule a counterterrorism strategy promptly.

Bennie G. Thompson · Mississippi · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 92%

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Occurrences

Evidence

The member site’s recent media listings through April 30, 2026 highlight committee and policy activity, including a House-passed farm bill statement, but the visible recent items do not show a new counterterrorism-strategy-specific announcement or hearing within the last 30 days.

No concrete evidence in the last lookback window that Thompson scheduled a counterterrorism strategy.

unresolved unknown

Media | Representative Thompson
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 62%

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The official hearing record shows Bennie G. Thompson’s Homeland Security Committee held a hearing titled “Examining the Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol.”

Shows Thompson has previously advanced domestic/counterterrorism oversight, but it is outside the 2026 lookback window and does not establish prompt scheduling now.

never same_term A for effort

Committee on Homeland Security hearing record (Examining the Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol)
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 41%

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The committee report states that during the 118th Congress the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence held hearings and examined terrorism threat issues.

Confirms Thompson-backed committee counterterrorism work occurred previously, but not within the current 30-day window.

never same_term A for effort

House Committee on Homeland Security report, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 36%

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The committee's hearings page lists recent hearings on May 20, May 21, June 3, and June 4, 2026, covering TSA modernization, state and local cybersecurity, the DHS FY 2027 budget request, and AI security. No counterterrorism-specific hearing appears in the current lookback-window listings.

Within the lookback window, the committee was active on homeland-security topics but did not publicly list a counterterrorism-strategy hearing.

unresolved same_term

Hearings | House Homeland Security Democrats
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

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The White House released a May 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy that lays out the administration's CT priorities and threat categories, including cartels, Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists.

A federal counterterrorism strategy was released in the lookback window, but it was an executive-branch action and not evidence that Thompson scheduled the promised item.

unresolved same_term

U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 81%

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Assessments

partial unknown

The evidence shows Thompson advanced related counterterrorism oversight through Homeland Security Committee hearings and subcommittee activity, which supports some candidate contribution on the issue. But the record provided does not show that he clearly scheduled or delivered a distinct counterterrorism strategy as promised. The May 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy was a White House action, not a Thompson-delivered outcome, so full credit is not warranted. Because there was meaningful related work but not a clear match to the promised outcome, partial is the best fit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 72%

partial same_term A for effort

Evidence does not show Thompson fully delivered the specific promise to schedule a counterterrorism strategy promptly. However, as chair/ranking member involved with the House Homeland Security Committee, he materially advanced related counterterrorism oversight by holding or backing hearings on domestic terrorism and by supporting subcommittee work on terrorism threats during the 117th and 118th Congresses. That is meaningful action in the promised policy area, but it falls short of clear proof that he scheduled the specific counterterrorism strategy promised. Because there was relevant committee action attributable to him, this is better scored as partial rather than never.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 73%