by tyler | Jun 26, 2013 | Press Releases, Veterans
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) announced today a $299,670 grant for the WorkPlace, Inc. in Bridgeport. The funding will be used to provide homeless veterans with job training and other support services. This is the ninth consecutive year that the...
by tyler | Jun 26, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today released a video message expressing support for the comprehensive immigration reform package passed earlier today by the U.S. Senate. The video is available in English and Spanish. A transcript of the English...
by tyler | Jun 26, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) Wednesday welcomed Shannon Magnaldi of Fairfield, the winner of this year’s Congressional Art Competition, to Washington. Shannon and her mother are in Washington this week to attend a ceremony with other...
by tyler | Jun 25, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Defense of Marriage Act – the law that denies legally-married gay couples equal protection under federal law – is unconstitutional. The...
by tyler | Jun 24, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) issued the following statement today regarding the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn a portion of the Voting Rights Act. Their ruling guts a key part of the landmark legislation, passed in 1965,...
