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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.

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Mar 7, 2023

My Republican friends like to point the finger at this side of the aisle and blame us, but, Chairman Powell, as you know, fully one-quarter, 25 percent of today's U.S. debt, was accrued in the 4 years of the Trump Administration.

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Mar 4, 2023

The Chinese could reverse that in the same way that the Iranians are helping the Russians right now.

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Mar 4, 2023

if you don't want a raid on your home, don't take a year to cough up documents that we know are out there.

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Mar 4, 2023

The entire Russian Army cannot take a town that nobody had ever heard of a year ago, the town of Bakhmut.

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Feb 27, 2023

We have been working quite well together to make sure that it is both consistent with precedent and, you know, fair.

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Feb 27, 2023

I am pleased to join Chairman Turner in this budget request.

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Feb 27, 2023

The task before the committee is vast and growing.

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Feb 11, 2023

I have real concerns about why the administration is not being more forthcoming with everything that it knows.

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Feb 6, 2023

We have to require every major corporation to set out as a risk factor, what would happen to that company if there was a breakdown in the U.S.-China economic relationship.

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Feb 6, 2023

I am proud that last Congress, House Democrats led the legislative effort to put an end to this violence by passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.

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Feb 6, 2023

Congress should act to allow Taiwan to buy defense items that are still stalled in the Administration.

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Feb 6, 2023

I just hope this committee can do this important work without fueling that rhetoric, being very, I think, thoughtful.

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Feb 6, 2023

One thing that concerns me is China's ability to control the behavior of American corporations by handing out access to their market.

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Feb 6, 2023

I want them to be an equitable partner in the global economy, and they have to play by the rules.

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Feb 6, 2023

The Chinese Communist Party obviously believes they can invade America's airspace deliberately and notoriously without serious consequences.

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Feb 6, 2023

So yes, the CCP is a great threat, but when we work together across the aisle especially, and put people over politics, we can mount a focused response to increase our economic competitiveness and produce good clean jobs right here at home…

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Jan 11, 2023

Once again, this morning, thousands of Americans found themselves in airports staring at delayed and canceled flights. This comes barely 3 weeks after tens of thousands of Americans, and many of my own constituents, missed the holidays…

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Jan 8, 2023

Look, classified information needs to stay in secure spaces. So, we'll wait to see the facts. But, you know, classified information needs to be in secure spaces.

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Nov 30, 2022

Americans are much smarter than I think some of my colleagues on the other side think, and they knew that it was political and it wasn't reality.

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Nov 30, 2022

Let's talk about people who live in the streets of life. It is my opinion that the greatness of a nation will not be measured by how we treat people who live in the suites of life, but rather how we treat people who live in the streets of…

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Nov 30, 2022

I stand with you, and I stand with poor people, regardless of their hues. White people need help too. I stand with you.

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Nov 30, 2022

I think one of the most important things that Congress can do is to continue to make large public investments.

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Nov 30, 2022

It is unbelievable that we would try to pin all of this on a President who has been able to manage our situation such that we are better off than most of the economies in the world.

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Nov 14, 2022

It is not controversial to me that China shouldn't have any advantage over other international issuers with respect to disclosure in PCAOB.

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Sep 20, 2022

I was assured at the time by people on my side of the aisle that Dodd-Frank would crumble like a sand castle in a hurricane.

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