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WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) today announced along with Governor Dannel Malloy and Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia that the City of Stamford will receive a $10,500,000 federal TIGER grant to make improvements to the Stamford Transportation Center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) and 25 of his colleagues have introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for growing firms to go public to access capital so they can expand and create jobs. Senators Charles Schumer (NY) and Pat Toomey (PA) have introduced companion legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Kingsway Senior Housing Facility, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) announced today that the retirement community in Norwalk will receive a grant of $2,836,302 to convert 28 independent living units into completely accessible assisted living units.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), a bipartisan group of over 110 of his colleagues, and over a dozen transportation organizations sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to support a long-term transportation reauthorization bill.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement regarding the failure of the Super Committee to present Congress with a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan by the mandated November 23 deadline.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) is cosponsoring legislation that prevents Members of Congress and their staffs from trading stocks based on nonpublic information they obtain through their work in Congress. While Members of Congress are subject to the same insider trading rules as other individuals, there are no specific regulations regarding their work in Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC — Legislation cosponsored by Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously late yesterday will help vendors that do business with governments keep more of their profits and create jobs. H.R.
(Washington, DC) – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Doug Shulman urging the agency to extend IRS filing and payment deadlines for Connecticut residents affected by the recent snow storm that hit Connecticut and left hundreds of thousands without power for days.
WASHINGTON, DC—As the Thanksgiving deadline nears for the Congressional “Super Committee” tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction measures, momentum is growing for the committee to “go big.” Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), along with Republican and Democratic colleagues from both the House and Senate, held a press conference urging the Super Committee to exceed its mandate a
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) will hold town hall meetings in Monroe, Norwalk, and Stamford to gather input from constituents on federal efforts to create jobs, reduce the deficit, and get the economy back on track.