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 ... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) delivered the following excerpt in his opening remarks at a closed hearing for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: As I did last week, I will add that with all due respect to our witnesses, I must renew my request to the Chairman to schedule a briefing on the Intelligence Community’s support, if any, to DOD lethal strikes in th... Read More »
Washington, DC–U.S. Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, were joined by Members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), former Majority Leader; M... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) and Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20) wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding public reports that at least three countries have limited, or intend to limit, intelligence sharing with the United States. The President of Colombia, a country with which the United States... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement: “It should not be difficult to condemn the incitement of political violence, but the Republican party has become so riddled with hypocrisy that they are content to silently accept a president calling for the execution of Members of Congress. I have served alongsid... Read More »
Washington, DC – Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; 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; Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee; Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Ranking... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 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 the Administration’s failure to provide Congress with basic information about the Intelligence Community’s role in the ten lethal strikes against suspected d... Read More »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member Jim Himes released the following statement: “The announcement of a peace agreement is a welcome development that offers hope after more than two years of devastating violence in Israel and Gaza. The agreement must be implemented as quickly as possible so that Israeli hostages are released and humanitarian aid can be delivered to Gaza where civilians continue ... Read More »
Washington, DC — Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary; and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Me... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security; released the follo... Read More »
