by tyler | Aug 28, 2011 | Press Releases
BRIDGEPORT, CT—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today released the following statement after surveying the damage from Hurricane Irene and assessing the recovery efforts from the region’s first responders.”Though we were not hit as hard as we may have been,...
by tyler | Aug 24, 2011 | Blog Posts
Today is Women’s Equality Day. Ninety-one years ago, the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It’s hard to believe that all American women have had the right to vote for less than half of our history,...
by tyler | Aug 18, 2011 | Press Releases
I am a strong supporter of the Social Security and Medicare programs. Together, these programs have assured that America’s retirees live without fear of dire poverty or of being shut out of the health care system when they need it most. These programs have done...
by tyler | Aug 17, 2011 | Blog Posts
When a German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead came to America in 1893, he brought with him an inventor’s mind and an insatiable desire to be the first person to fly. On a beach in Fairfield County, he may have done just that on August 14, 1901 —...
by tyler | Aug 16, 2011 | Blog Posts
My August visits to the towns of the Fourth District took me to Shelton on Saturday and I started the day at Lex Products’ grand opening celebration. Their corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility are now in Shelton, where they employ 225 people.Lex...
