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Himes, Meeks, Smith, DeLauro, McCollum Send Letter to Iran Briefers Demanding Direct Answers on U.S. Military Operations Against Iran.

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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; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Rosa DeLauro; Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee; and Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee o...

Himes Statement on Iran

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Washington, DC - Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement: "Everything I have heard from the Administration before and after these strikes on Iran confirms this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame. As I expressed to Secretary Rubio when he briefed the Gang of Eight, military action in this region almost never...

Dem Leadership, Himes, Meeks, Smith, Khanna Announce Iran WPR Vote Next Week

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Washington, DC - U.S. Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Ro Khanna, Ranking Memb...

Himes, Warner Demand Answers from DNI Gabbard on Delayed Whistleblower Complaint and Withheld Intelligence Report

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard raising serious concerns about the handling of an urgent whistleblower complaint and the unprecedented withholding of an un...

Himes, Meeks, Smith Oppose U.S. Military Force Against Iran, Urge Continued Diplomacy

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Washington, DC -- U.S. 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, released the following statement opposing U.S. use of military force against Iran and urging President Trump to continue engaging with ...

Himes, Meeks, Smith Statement on the Expiration of the New START Treaty

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. 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 on the expiration of the New START Treaty: “The expiration of the New START Treaty — the last r...

Himes Statement on Gabbard’s Involvement in 2020 Election Probe

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today released the following statement: “Despite the Administration’s bluster, Tulsi Gabbard has yet to offer a plausible explanation, or a defensible legal rationale, for her presence at the FBI raid on the Fulton County Election Office and her team’s reported probe of voting ...

Top Intelligence Committee Democrats Demand Answers on Gabbard’s Presence in Fulton County, Seek Immediate Committee Briefings

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Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT-04) and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark R. Warner (D-VA) wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding her participation in the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center. "In the year since your confirmation ...

Himes Statement on Venezuela

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement: "Maduro is an illegitimate ruler, but I have seen no evidence that his presidency poses a threat that would justify military action without Congressional authorization, nor have I heard a strategy for the day after and how we will prevent Venezuela from descending...

Himes, Meeks, Smith, Thompson, Crow & Omar Issue Statement Following House War Powers Resolution

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Washington, DC–Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee; Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Ranking ...

Democrats on the Gang of Eight to Hegseth: Release the Video

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to provide all members of Congress and the...

Himes Votes to National Defense Authorization Act

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Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which advances funding and other priorities for the intelligence community, and which Congressman Jim Himes helped to negotiate in his role as Ranking Member on the House Intelligence Committee. The IAA was included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Y...

Himes, Crawford on House Passage of the FY26 Intelligence Authorization Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (IAA), which was attached to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The IAA authorizes funding for the U.S...

Himes And Smith Condemn Secondary Strike in the Caribbean

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee released the following statement in response to a briefing from the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, Admiral Frank Bradley, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs o...

Himes Statement on DOD IG Signal Thread Report

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement regarding the report by the Department of Defense Inspector General on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of a Signal thread to share detailed plans for an impending U.S. military attack on Houthi terrorists in Yemen. “The Inspector General report confirms wha...