by tyler | May 14, 2014 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C.—Thursday, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs held a markup hearing on the Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform bill. The Johnson-Crapo plan uses the Corker-Warner proposal as its base architecture and winds down Fannie Mae...
by tyler | May 8, 2014 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement after voting with a majority of his colleagues on the Intelligence Committee to advance the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361), a bill that ends the NSA’s bulk collection of...
by tyler | May 8, 2014 | Economy and Jobs, Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement after voting against a fiscally irresponsible permanent extension of the research and development tax credit. The bill provided no offset for the cost of this extension, which the...
by tyler | May 5, 2014 | Press Releases, Transportation and Infrastructure
NEW HAVEN, CT—Three of Connecticut’s representatives to Congress—Jim Himes, Rosa DeLauro, and Elizabeth Esty—unveiled today the Rail Safety Enforcement Act, comprehensive legislation to enhance rail safety. They are joined by New York Congressman Sean Patrick...
by tyler | May 1, 2014 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement regarding the announcement that Shelton resident Teresa C. Younger, Executive Director of Connecticut’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, has been named President and...
