Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Congressman Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, today released the following statement regarding the National Intelligence Council’s recently declassified memo on ties between the Venezuelan regime and Tren De Aragua:… Read more »
Washington, DC — House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today released the following statement:
“The decision by a Texas District Court judge to block the Trump Administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is a victory for the rule of law and due process. Trump has sought to use this power, which requires a finding that Venezuela is… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth asking for a public explanation for the removal of General Timothy Haugh as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, as well as the reassignment of NSA Deputy Director… Read more »
Washington, DC — House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today released the following statement regarding the firing of NSA Director General Timothy Haugh:
“I am deeply disturbed by the decision to remove General Haugh as Director of the National Security Agency. I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) led all Democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, calling for the Intelligence Community to conduct an independent investigation into the Sigal group chat in which participants discussed detailed plans for an impending U.S. military attack on… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:
“I am horrified by reports that our most senior national security officials, including the heads of multiple agencies, shared sensitive and almost certainly classified information via a commercial messaging application,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Mark… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement following reports that the United States is no longer sharing intelligence with our Ukrainian allies:
“Today, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and CIA Director John Ratcliffe publicly acknowledged that President Trump’s… Read more »
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:
“In the three years since Russia launched its illegal and brutal invasion, our friends and allies in Ukraine have stood strong with the support of the United States and the free world. At every turn, they have defied the grim… Read more »
