Washington, DC -- U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement: “This week, the House Intelligence Committee received a bipartisan, classified briefing from senior officials in the intelligence community on the threat of foreign interference in our upcoming elections. This is the 5th briefing th... Read More »
Washington, DC -- U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement: “Donald Trump and his allies have made a habit of siccing their DOJ on political opponents, but they are sinking to new depths with this attack on career intelligence officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides. These charges are n... Read More »
(WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced they sent a letter to Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin to demand an urgent briefing on how the Department of Homeland Security is sharing election-related threat intelligence with s... Read More »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Joe Morelle (NY-25), Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee, urged leadin... Read More »
Washington, DC --U.S. 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; and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued a statement following a call between President Zelenskyy and a bipartisan group of Members of Congre... Read More »
Washington, DC -- U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement: “Over the past several days, Ukraine has once again endured massive strikes conducted by Russia against its population centers and energy grid, strikes that are carried out with the clear aim of terrorizing and immiserating the Ukra... Read More »
Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, are urging Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel to cancel his reported trip to Russia next month, raising urgent national security concerns about his plans to visit Moscow and St. Pete... Read More »
Washington, DC -- U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton regarding the upcoming midterm election, urging transparency to Congress and the public around possible foreign threats ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today wrote to the National Defense Industrial Association, which represents hundreds of companies with contracts with the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense, with reminder that its members are subject to congressional oversight. The letter follows news that s... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel regarding public reporting that a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin paid for significant portions of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration in May 2026. “As you know, the FBI has primary responsibility for counte... Read More »
Washington, DC–Marking one year since the Trump administration’s first boat strike, U.S. 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; and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking M... Read More »
Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement: “Bill Pulte’s tenure as an unqualified and illegally appointed Acting Director of National Intelligence has thankfully ended. His short time in the post coincided with publicly announced cuts to the ODNI workforce that have not been adequately briefed to the Intelligence Committees, as wel... Read More »
Following Donald Trump’s conspiracy-ridden diatribe about the 2020 election, the House Intelligence Committee advanced, on a bipartisan basis, three amendments offered by Committee Democrats intended to strengthen election security efforts across the Intelligence Community. The amendments were agreed to by voice vote and included in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 as report... Read More »
Washington, DC— Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today led Democratic Members of the House Intelligence Committee in a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel, and Director of the National Security Agency Joshua Rudd, calling on them to protect the integrity... Read More »
Washington, DC— Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today led Democratic Members of the House Intelligence Committee in a letter to Acting Director Bill Pulte regarding recent, alarming reporting about the White House’s efforts to validate their election conspiracies through the declassification of sensitive information, and to demand overdue statutorily required reports on election security. “We are... Read More »
