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… 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… 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;… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives 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, and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s ongoing policy failures… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, in remembrance of the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT)… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member Jim Himes released the following statement regarding the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The bill passed out of committee by voice vote.
“Today’s markup took place against the backdrop of a pattern of deeply concerning actions by Director Gabbard, like the revocation of security clearances of career public servants, the firing… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member Jim Himes led all Democratic Members of the House Intelligence Committee in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding her decision to revoke the security clearances of 37 individuals, including current intelligence community (IC) officers and congressional staff.
“If there is evidence of misconduct to warrant revoking the… Read more »
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… 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… 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… Read more »