Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement regarding the removal of the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Kruse: “I’m grateful to Lieutenant General Kruse for his decades of service and his strong history of apolitical engagement with the Intelligence Committee. If the Admini... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe to question their recent decision to declassify and publicly release a series of highly classified documents regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and to articulate hi... Read More »
“It’s appropriate that this shoddy and partisan report was released by Director Gabbard on the day that House Republicans are quite literally fleeing Washington, DC for six weeks rather than releasing the Epstein files that Trump is so desperate to cover up. The Director is free to disagree with the Intelligence Community Assessment’s conclusion that Putin favored Donald Trump, but her view stands... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released a response to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claims about Russian interference in the 2016 Election. “In a transparent effort to distract from bipartisan criticism of the Trump Administration’s refusal to release the Jeffrey Epstein files that it pro... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes released the following statement: “It’s a day that ends with “y” and Donald Trump desperately wants to change the subject, so Director Gabbard is rehashing decade-old false claims about the Obama Administration. Few episodes in our nation’s history have been investigated as thoroughly as the Intelligence Community... Read More »
Washington, DC – Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel a classified Member briefing on recent militar... Read More »
Washington, DC – Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today introduced a War Powers Resolution to order the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional autho... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes released the following statement: “Donald Trump’s decision to launch direct military action against Iran without Congressional approval is a clear violation of the Constitution, which grants the power to declare war explicitly to Congress. It is impossible to know at this stage whether this operation accomplished ... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes released the following statement: “Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is critical to the security of the United States, Israel, and the world. I had been hopeful that the Trump Administration might reach a deal for a ‘stronger’ JCPOA. The JCPOA was the one mechanism that succeeded in halting Iran’s pr... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Jim Himes (D-CT-04), and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) sent a letter to Dir... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes released the following statement: “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my dear friend and colleague Gerry Connolly. I met Gerry on my very first day in Congress, and have looked to him often for guidance and advice in the decades since. I was lucky to work by his side as Ranking Members, and to lean on ... Read More »
Himes Statement on Attempted Politicization of Intelligence Analysis Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes released the following statement: “Reports that a senior ODNI official, Joe Kent, ordered intelligence analysts at the National Intelligence Council to alter their conclusion regarding ties between the Venezuelan regime and Tren De Aragua because... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Congressmen Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s artificial intelligence deals that were announced with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week: “Democr... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard requesting information regarding the reported firing of the Acting Chair and Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council. “According to anonymous sources cited in the Fox News story, you terminated these two individuals due to their supposed ‘political b... Read More »
Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Congressman Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, today released the following statement regarding the National Intelligence Council’s recently declassified memo on ties between the Venezuelan regime and Tren De Aragua: “Last month, we joint... Read More »
