by tyler | Feb 12, 2013 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today called upon the House Republican leadership to quickly bring up and pass the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization. Yesterday, the Senate passed S. 47, a bill to reauthorize VAWA,...
by tyler | Feb 12, 2013 | Education, Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address:”I was pleased the President focused on the real long-term drivers of jobs: improving our infrastructure and...
by tyler | Feb 10, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) will welcome Curtrina Murphy of Bridgeport as his guest to President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Ms. Murphy’s daughter was hit in the crossfire of a gun fight in Bridgeport last summer as they...
by tyler | Feb 7, 2013 | Press Releases
Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut Delegation issued a statement in response to the White House’s recent announcement that the Presidential Citizens Medal will be awarded posthumously to the six educators who were killed in the Newtown massacre. In...
by tyler | Feb 6, 2013 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today joined the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in releasing a comprehensive set of policy principles designed to reduce gun violence while respecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans....
