by tyler | Dec 1, 2009 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, leaders of the New Democrat Coalition applauded the House Financial Services Committee’s passage of comprehensive regulatory reform legislation, clearing the way for the full House to vote on these important reforms to our...
by tyler | Nov 22, 2009 | Economy and Jobs, Press Releases
A Saturday, November 21st story in The New York Times highlights analysis by a wide range of economists who say that the economy is better off today than it would have been without the Recovery Act and that predictions related to created and saved jobs are on track....
by tyler | Nov 19, 2009 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch today applauded the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to take the Noble Station Post Office off the list of potential closures. Himes and Finch have been working side-by-side with...
by tyler | Nov 19, 2009 | Health Care, Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) voted late yesterday to preserve seniors’ access to their doctors by fixing the way Medicare pays physicians. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H.R. 3961, will permanently reform the Medicare payment system,...
by tyler | Nov 10, 2009 | Press Releases, Veterans
On this Veterans Day, we honor a small and unique group of people. We honor those from all walks of life and all corners of our nation who stood up and donned the uniform in service of our country. In doing so, they offered each of us unimaginable sacrifice, up to and...