This Week in Congress: May 20, 2013
This week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider 12 bills, ranging from veterans benefits to student loan rates. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Stolen Valor Act (H.R. 258): narrows the scope of the Stolen Valor...
This Week in Congress: May 13, 2013
This week, the House is expected to consider 10 bills, ranging from veterans housing to domestic energy production. Legislation under consideration this week includes: National Blue Alert Act of 2013 (H.R. 180): establishes a national communications...
This Week in Congress: May 6, 2013
This week, the House is expected to consider five bills, ranging from land management to the federal debt. Congress will also meet in a Joint Session to hear an address by South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Legislation under consideration this...
Preventing Workplace Discrimination
Today, I was proud to join over 150 of my colleagues in the House of Representatives on both sides of the aisle in reintroducing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This important bill would make it illegal for companies to discriminate...
This Week in Congress: April 23, 2013
This week, the House is expected to consider six bills, ranging from Congressional Gold Medals to health care. Legislation under consideration this week includes: H.R. 1067: Modifies Title 36, United States Code, which pertains to patriotic and...
Himes Statement on Train Collision and NTSB Briefing
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the statement below following a briefing this morning with the National Transportation Safety Board, Governor Dannel Malloy, and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy. "I send my...
VIDEO: Himes Criticizes DOJ for Overbroad Seizure of AP Phone Records
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives today to criticize the Department of Justice for seizing two months’ worth of phone records from the Associated Press without notice. A transcript of...
Himes Seeks Answers in DOJ AP Records Seizure, Pledges to Protect 1st Amendment
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement regarding reports that the Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of media records from the Associated Press: “I am deeply troubled by reports that the...
Himes, Bridgeport Housing Authority Workers, Tenants Decry Sequester Cuts
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) joined Council 4 AFSCME union members and Bridgeport Housing Authority (BHA) tenants in pointing out the increasing damage of sequestration during a press conference today at the Harborview Towers in...
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Approximately one out of every 18 people in Connecticut's fourth district is a veteran.






