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WASHINGTON, DC—Lawmakers representing areas served by the Metro-North rail service today announced plans to introduce legislation to make our nation’s rail systems safer. Metro-North has been plagued by preventable safety issues, which caused incidents such as December’s crash in the Bronx and last May’s employee death in West Haven.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes today congratulated Jessica Bailey of Norwalk on being recognized by President Barack Obama as one of ten “Champions for Change” for their efforts to promote and expand the deployment of solar energy in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.
WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement regarding Access Health CT’s announcement that over 208,000 Connecticut residents have enrolled in an affordable health insurance plan through Access Health CT, in addition to 23,000 children aged 21-26 who can now stay on their parents’ plans because of the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) announced today legislation to require all equestrian helmets manufactured and sold in the United States to meet certain safety standards.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) announced he will introduce a bill to guarantee timely intelligence reports to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), the presidential advisory board tasked with protecting the civil liberties of all Americans.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. Burwell currently serves as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for which she was confirmed by the Senate 96-0 last year.
Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement today after voting against the Ryan budget, which cuts college loan programs, food stamps, and investments in infrastructure, repeals the Affordable Care Act, and alters Medicare benefits for future retirees while protecting defense spending and refusing to raise a cent in new revenues.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement on Equal Pay Day. In order to make the same salary in 2013 for working the same job as a man, the average woman needed to continue working until April 8, 2014 – an additional 98 days.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement after the Senate passed legislation to restore expired long-term unemployment benefits for five months, which would help over 48,000 people in Connecticut who are out of work. Himes is joining his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Boehner demanding a vote on the Senate bill.
WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Governor Dannel P. Malloy signing into law Connecticut’s new gun violence prevention legislation: