Jim Himes

It’s a machine gun in the hand of a 5-year-old.

Pulte is a 'uniquely poor choice' to serve even in the acting capacity.

The right thing to do is for the White House to say tonight that Bill Pulte will not be DNI, and we pass 702 probably with more Democrats and a stronger bipartisan vote.

It's a huge lost opportunity because the Senate bill had actually stronger safeguards than the House bill did.

You just could not have come up with worse timing for what is probably the worst appointment into the intelligence community that I've ever seen.

In the basket of awful appointments he has made, this is probably the worst and most dangerous.

The Ukrainians are now winning, by any standard, right?

Make no mistake. The Ukrainians are winning this war.

I don't think I could look myself in the mirror in the morning and say, yeah, this is a guy who should... have control and access to this authority.

The president has now assured through this appointment that the single most important intelligence collection tool... is probably the worst appointment into the intelligence community I have ever seen.

The only right answer here, Margaret, the only right answer, and I don't have a lot of confidence that it's going to happen, is that the President says, you know, 'oops, that was a mistake,' and pulls the Bill Pulte appointment.

Ukraine is now winning, by any standard, right?

The only right answer – and I don't have a lot of confidence that it's going to happen – is that the president says, you know, oops, that was a mistake, and pulls the Bill Pulte appointment.

This is probably the worst and most dangerous appointment.

The president is putting him in this most sensitive of roles.

Make no mistake, the Ukrainians are winning this war.

No, Russia is not winning, and I mean that's the headline, right? Ukraine is now winning by any standard, right?

The only right answer here... is that the President says, you know, 'oops, that was a mistake,' and pulls the Bill Pulte appointment.

He doesn't have an iota of national security experience, and the president is putting him in this most sensitive of roles.

Look, the Cuban regime is an appalling regime, but it is no more a national security threat than Nicaragua is. It’s just insane to say that it is, and especially if it’s done in the service of military action.

We just want ICE to act like proper police officers.

The standoff is not done yet, right?

The president is illegally paying, apparently, TSA agents.

We want ICE to act like the police force that they are.

I think he's flat-out lying.