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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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Feb 7, 2022

The question is, just as it was with the automobile and with the internet and with everything else, how do we regulate it in a way that allows for innovation and the benefit but protects the consumers, et cetera?

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Jan 20, 2022

I thank Chairman Takano for moving this very important legislation. In this polarized and angry time, one of the lights of this institution is that we have always come together to better serve our veterans, to better serve those men and…

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cammack) for her remarks this evening.

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida. We may not totally agree on the role of government, but I am grateful to her for really highlighting the importance of education which has been the theme that we have heard a lot here tonight. Batting…

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota. Madam Speaker, I am just going to note to the ranking member, I have four members, a good, enthusiastic turnout, so we are going to need to be a little disciplined with time, about roughly 2 minutes…

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his generous comments. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore of Wisconsin), another one of our stalwart midwesterners, who was with us in Lorain, Ohio.

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Craig). {time} 2120

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Oct 25, 2021

So, we have a lot to do to protect American investors who invest in China, and even more to do with the overall relationship with China.

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Oct 25, 2021

I am delighted as chairman of the Select Committee on Economic Disparity to welcome the ranking member and the Republican appointees to this very important committee for this Special Order where I think the members of our committee are…

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Oct 25, 2021

I believe it was Mr. Gonzalez who pointed out that whatever we do in our markets, American investors can always go elsewhere.

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Oct 25, 2021

The purpose of that bill and the acceleration bill is to protect investors by getting the same kinds of controls that we found we needed after WorldCom and Enron.

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Oct 25, 2021

When you invest in a Chinese company, you may not have any right to elect the board.

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from California. I take real pleasure in welcoming the gentlewoman from Oklahoma to the committee and invite her to make any remarks she would like to make. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oklahoma…

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the ranking member. We will be engaging in a colloquy, just so all the Members know. We will be having an informal chat without having recognition from the Chair. I know that we are both anxious to get to our members and their…

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Oct 25, 2021

That is right, I say to my friend from Wisconsin. I was startled by that sign as well. Here we are in a depressed, if optimistic, town, with a big, closed steel mill with ``Help Wanted'' signs on the outside of that steel mill. Now, there…

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Oct 25, 2021

I thank the ranking member and look forward to working with him and his members. I know both of us feel strongly about making sure that the members of the committee have an opportunity to offer up their ideas, so I will begin. Again, the…

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Oct 20, 2021

On October 20, 2021, I was unable to be present for the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, H.R. 3919. Had I been present for rollcall No. 323, I would have voted ``yea.'' Members Recorded Pursuant to House…

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Oct 4, 2021

Yes, when a broker uses payment for order flow, you do see price improvement, but you see price improvement off of a really lousy price, a terrible price.

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Sep 28, 2021

I live in southwestern Connecticut, which is on an artery of this Nation's commerce and economy, and that artery is clogged. I spend hours when I am traveling around my district in traffic or worrying that the trains, which move more…

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Sep 22, 2021

Now, there are some people who don't actually want us to have a market economy, and when they say they want to fundamentally remake America, that is code for they don't actually want a market anymore.

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Sep 22, 2021

But this is something that people who support modern monetary theory believe.

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Jul 26, 2021

But what is much more challenging is that over the course of this disinformation, it is domestic, you know. Old Uncle Bill who has a theory that he read on Facebook is entitled to full first amendment rights.

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Jul 26, 2021

I think both bills are important, they are bipartisan, and forward-looking, so I will push the chairwoman of the committee to bring them forward.

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Jul 26, 2021

Well Lawrence -- (INAUDIBLE) destabilizes the west (INAUDIBLE). That is a big metaphor for what is happening right now with vaccine (INAUDIBLE).

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Jul 22, 2021

I thank the gentleman from New York for his leadership and for the 2 minutes, which may be the most important 2 minutes I have had on the floor in a very, very long time, because what we debate here today is not an ideological…

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