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December 11, 2019 at 1:43 AM

What's really going on in Washington

Jim Himes for Congress     I stood on the stage with Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a major announcement today. That announcement was a trade agreement deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada (USMCA) that supports workers while protecting our environment, and this deal is suppor…

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December 2, 2019 at 7:12 PM

Our path to 2020.

Jim Himes for Congress     We have 11 months to make an impact where we will decide the future of our country. The direction we will go as Americans. The legacy we will leave behind.   Sign my petition: pledge to vote on November 3, 2020.   Whether it's volunteering for local or n…

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November 24, 2019 at 5:05 PM

Giving back this Thanksgiving.

Jim Himes for Congress     Dear It's more important than ever to give back to our communities and help those in need. Each holiday season, I try to share a list of organizations in Connecticut's Fourth District that are accepting donations of food or other items to help our most vulnerab…

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November 24, 2019 at 5:02 PM

Giving back this Thanksgiving.

Jim Himes for Congress     Dear It's more important than ever to give back to our communities and help those in need. Each holiday season, I try to share a list of organizations in Connecticut's Fourth District that are accepting donations of food or other items to help our most vulnerab…

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November 18, 2019 at 3:39 PM

This week's impeachment inquiry hearings.

Jim Himes for Congress     During last week's stunning hearings, the House Intelligence Committee heard from dedicated public servants with deep wells of experience serving our country. Ambassador William Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent and former Ambassador to Ukraine…

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November 16, 2019 at 3:03 PM

We must rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.

Jim Himes for Congress     Earlier this month, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. This is a colossal mistake that not only hurts our planet and relationships with other countries, but this also h…

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November 12, 2019 at 5:54 PM

The next phase in the impeachment inquiry.

Jim Himes for Congress     This week begins the next phase of uncovering the full extent of President Donald Trump's abuse of power when he extorted a new and vulnerable Ukrainian president.   The American public deserves the truth. And this week, you will hear from senior people wi…

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November 3, 2019 at 6:36 PM

Tuesday is Election Day.

Jim Himes for Congress     This Tuesday, November 5 is Election Day – are you ready?   This year, critical local leaders are up for election, from mayors to board of education and more. These local elections are where policies take shape that affect our daily lives – everything fro…

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October 24, 2019 at 8:43 PM

A clear abuse of power

Jim Himes for Congress     The compelling evidence and testimony we heard from the President's own diplomats makes the obvious even more clear. President Donald Trump abused the power of the presidency for his own personal gain and placed his own political interests above national sec…

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October 15, 2019 at 5:08 PM

Devastating consequences in Syria

Jim Himes for Congress     I first ran for Congress to get us out of endless American entanglements in the Middle East, like Iraq. I have been a persistent critic of the President, but I appreciate his instinct to look skeptically at military action abroad and his active rejection of J…

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October 10, 2019 at 9:34 PM

[Petition] Support gun reform candidates.

Jim Himes for Congress     Every year in our country, 36,000 Americans are killed by guns. That's an average of 100 people per day.  The CDC reported 39,773 people in the United States died from gunshot wounds in 2017, the most single-year gun deaths in 50 years.   Action is needed n…

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October 3, 2019 at 3:01 PM

We can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Jim Himes for Congress       The past week has been an endless cycle of breaking news, but rest assured that while we are investigating, we are still working. We can legislate and investigate at the same time.   Click here to retweet.     Here are a few of the bills the Ho…

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September 29, 2019 at 5:10 PM

Friend, , 3 ways you can help

Jim Himes for Congress       In the last week, one question keeps popping up that people keep asking me: "What can I do to help?"   Quickly, here are a few things you can do to help the overall cause and protect our democracy at every level:    1. Donate   Campaigns require d…

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September 27, 2019 at 2:04 PM

Now more than ever.

Jim Himes for Congress       I'm not even going to pretend it hasn't been one hell of a week in Washington. It has been.   In times like these, we can’t give up on what makes our nation strong. Now more than ever, this is the time for us to come together, hold strong to our value…

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September 24, 2019 at 8:36 PM

This is an impeachable offense.

Jim Himes for Congress       I first announced my support for an impeachment inquiry several months ago, a decision I did not make lightly. I listened to my constituents and came to the conclusion Donald Trump had committed numerous impeachable offenses.   While the situation rem…

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September 19, 2019 at 10:14 PM

Facing a true climate crisis

Jim Himes for Congress       With strikingly frequent incidents, this year has made clear what our planet faces: a true climate crisis. The devastation we have experienced from Hurricane Dorian, rapidly increasing global temperatures, fires in the Amazon and melting ice sheets are …

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September 11, 2019 at 6:35 PM

Us at our best

Jim Himes for Congress       18 years ago today, I was riding the subway headed to work in lower Manhattan when our train suddenly came to a stop. After walking out of the station, I looked up and saw one of the Twin Towers aflame. When I saw the second tower on fire, I realized …

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September 9, 2019 at 3:02 PM

Friend, it's time to refocus.

Jim Himes for Congress       Over the past few days, Trump has been doing what he excels at: distraction. While we've been distracted with edited map drawings and sharpie memes, $3.6 billion was diverted from military funding to pay for his absurd wall along the U.S. and Mexico bo…

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September 5, 2019 at 3:02 PM

Now is the time.

Jim Himes for Congress       This week Trump told reporters that the latest mass shooting in Odessa "really hasn't changed anything" about the gun reform conversation when it comes to changing legislation. I don't say this often, but the President is right. Nothing has changed when…

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August 29, 2019 at 9:11 PM

Focusing on education and keeping schools safe

Jim Himes for Congress       Across the country, and across my district, students and teachers are heading back to school to begin a new year. This is a fresh start for everyone.   As I'm headed back to Congress after our August recess, this is a good time for me to reflect on upc…

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August 14, 2019 at 5:21 PM

North Carolina's Congressional special election

Jim Himes for Congress       Right now, there's a special election in North Carolina for the 9th District Congressional seat. This race is in a dead heat. And we need Democrat Dan McCready to win this race.   As a Marine Corps veteran, a small business owner, a husband and fath…

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August 9, 2019 at 5:19 PM

Astonishing hypocrisy

Jim Himes for Congress       Mexicans are "rapists." Democratic Congresswomen of color "need to go back from the crime infested places they came from." Baltimore "is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." "S**thole countries." Birtherism. There are "very fine people on both …

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July 30, 2019 at 5:23 PM

Happy Birthday Medicaid and Medicare

Jim Himes for Congress       54 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed both Medicaid and Medicare into law on July 30, 1965. Today, 44 million Americans, approximately 15% of the population, are on Medicare. And about 75 million people, approximately 20% of our populatio…

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July 25, 2019 at 5:08 PM

My thoughts on Robert Mueller's testimony

Jim Himes for Congress       Yesterday, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, reaffirming the findings in his report regarding Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. You prob…

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July 21, 2019 at 9:04 PM

Standing up for consumer protections

Jim Himes for Congress       In my first term in Congress serving the people of Southwest Connecticut, I was proud to help write the Dodd-Frank Act, significant financial reform that protects consumers from abusive lending and mortgage practices by banks.    Today marks the nint…

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July 10, 2019 at 6:36 PM

I will not stop fighting to protect your health care.

Jim Himes for Congress     Yesterday, the Trump administration and 19 Republican Attorneys General took the Affordable Care Act to court in Louisiana in yet another effort to strip health care away from millions of Americans.    If this lawsuit succeeds, more than 20 million people …

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July 6, 2019 at 7:01 PM

Impacting the next decade

Jim Himes for Congress       The 2020 Census is not a formality. The constitutionally mandated count of every person in the United States allocates billions of dollars for education, housing and social services and determines Congressional and electoral college representation.   …

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June 28, 2019 at 3:19 PM

I'm counting on you

Jim Himes for Congress       We see the headlines keep getting worse and worse. Possible war with Iran. Inhumane immigration policies. Mitch McConnell and the NRA blocking meaningful gun safety reforms. Attacks on our LGBT community. Attempts to gut the Affordable Care Act, Social Se…

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June 27, 2019 at 6:39 PM

Citizens should pick their representatives, not the other way around.

Jim Himes for Congress     Friends, Today's 5-4 Supreme Court ruling denying a role for federal courts to combat partisan gerrymandering is extremely disappointing.  Sadly, it's not wholly unexpected. I vehemently disagree with the court's decision that the partisan gerrymandering of …

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June 27, 2019 at 5:53 PM

Thank you!

Jim Himes for Congress     Thank you for signing up! From time to time, I'll send you short notes about the latest news and opportunities to get involved. I'm working tirelessly in Congress to find common-sense, independent solutions to the challenges facing Connecticut's working families…

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