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Himes Statement on Politically Driven DOJ Charges Against Intelligence Officials

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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.…

Ranking Members Himes, Meeks, Smith: Trump Has Abandoned Ukraine; Congress Must Act

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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…

Himes Statement on U.S. Support for Ukraine

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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…

Ranking Members Himes, Raskin Urge Kash Patel to Abandon Russia Trip Hosted By Putin’s Security Service Amid Espionage Concerns

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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…

Himes, Warner Push for Transparency on Election Security

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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…

HPSCI ‘Very Likely’ to Investigate Corrupt Dealings with Private Sector

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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…

Top Intel Democrat Probes Counterintelligence Threat from Trump Family Ties to Kremlin

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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…

Himes Statement on Senate Confirmation of Jay Clayton

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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…

House Intelligence Committee Advances Election Security Amendments

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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…