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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Himes Calls for Briefing on Intelligence Community Role in Lethal Strikes

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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…

Leading Democrats on National Security and Ukraine Urge Trump Administration to Correct Course on Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan

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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…

Himes, Castro Seek Answers on Intelligence Sharing Partnerships

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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…