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Jim Himes

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Jim Himes is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as economic growth, healthcare, and national security during his tenure in Congress. Himes has been an advocate for democratic norms and transparency in government, often emphasizing the importance of the intelligence community in national discussions.

Quotes by year · 2009–2026878 total · peak 2017 (144)
2009: 5 quotes2010: 4 quotes2011: 23 quotes2012: 26 quotes2013: 31 quotes2014: 19 quotes2015: 24 quotes2016: 19 quotes2017: 144 quotes2018: 90 quotes2019: 87 quotes2020: 29 quotes2021: 75 quotes2022: 58 quotes2023: 88 quotes2024: 21 quotes2025: 82 quotes2026: 53 quotes
Oct 2, 2026

I’m heartened that the federal government will serve as a partner in expanding Connecticut’s State Veterans Cemetery and look forward to working with the delegation to provide additional resources to Connecticut veterans.

portal.ct.gov
Sep 30, 2026

These last two years have been just a cesspool of coercion. I’m not prepared to say that I know that there’s illegal activity here that will result in the revocation of contracts, but I do know that there’s all kinds of dirty conflicts of…

talkingpointsmemo.com
Sep 27, 2026

Simply talking is, is, is a win in and of itself.

cbsnews.com
Sep 27, 2026

The Iranians now, in some sense, control what happens on Election Day.

cbsnews.com
Sep 27, 2026

The president's threat to annihilate Iran is nonsensical.

cbsnews.com
Aug 29, 2026

Every life lost to an overdose leaves a hole in the lives of family and friends left behind.

portal.ct.gov
Aug 21, 2026

Lori Jackson and Nicolette Elias should still be alive today.

padilla.senate.gov
Jul 19, 2026

Russia’s core objective here is to create chaos.

huffpost.com
Jul 19, 2026

What you have is somebody who is so demented that they are either wittingly or unwittingly participating in a coup d’état.

huffpost.com
Jul 19, 2026

What is devastating is that a United States senator, and maybe more than one United States senator, would effectively tee up a coup d’état, right?

huffpost.com
Jul 19, 2026

What worries me most about that is not that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are being kicked out of the Senate.

huffpost.com
Jul 17, 2026

There is zero proof that using mail-in ballots has led to a corruption of an election.

ctmirror.org
Jul 17, 2026

It is very likely that his party is going to lose the majority in the House of Representatives, and it’s probably a 50-50 proposition about where the Senate goes.

ctmirror.org
Jul 17, 2026

Our elections are safe and secure. This has been litigated, especially the 2020 election.

ctmirror.org
Jul 17, 2026

I try to be nuanced and subtle, but there’s no other word than to say that the president lied to the American public — bald-faced, 180-degrees wrong, easily disprovable lies.

ctmirror.org
Jul 17, 2026

America will get the democracy that its citizenry deserves.

npr.org
Jul 17, 2026

Our elections are not corrupt. They are fair and free, and that is sort of an undebatable fact based on the evidence that is out there.

npr.org
Jul 17, 2026

The president lied to the American people last night.

npr.org
Jul 17, 2026

The president was setting the context. He was setting the basis for him to turn around at midnight on Election Day and say, ‘I warned you. I warned you back in July that the Chinese were doing X, Y, Z, and the Venezuelans were doing X, Y…

rollcall.com
Jun 24, 2026

In this polarized and angry Congress, we are actually getting something done.

theguardian.com
Jun 12, 2026

Bill Pulte doesn’t get one day with this authority, because we know he’ll abuse it.

huffpost.com
Jun 11, 2026

Very sadly, I think we’re going to test this untested question about whether the program can run on a judicial certification alone.

theintercept.com
Jun 11, 2026

I’ve known and respected Jay Clayton for decades. His intelligence, temperament and deep commitment to public service will make him a terrific DNI. Had this nomination been made a week ago, lots of pain might have been avoided.

dailycaller.com

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