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...
Still Fighting to Prevent Gun Violence
Today, the United States Senate rejected a measure that would have made it more difficult for criminals and the mentally ill to purchase a gun. This bill – a bipartisan compromise crafted by Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) – would...
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...
Connecticut Delegation Applauds Release of $6 Million in Emergency Disaster Relief Funds for Parks, Public Lands, and Refuges Damaged by Sandy
Washington, DC – The Connecticut Congressional delegation today issued a statement applauding the announcement that Connecticut will receive over $6 million in emergency disaster relief funds from the U.S. Department of the Interior to repair and...
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Education
There are 184 public and charter schools serving the K - 12 students in the seventeen towns of the fourth district.






