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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.
This is the latest installment in Chairman Nunes' sort of one-man operation to try to damage, throw mud on the FBI and the DOJ, all in service of calling into question. Bob Mueller's investigation and of course trying to provide some, any…
Well, it's interesting you say that because that should tell you something. You know, if you make an accusation against somebody and then you say, you can't even see the accusation, that should tell you something.
I think it's important for the FBI, whose reputation is being damaged, who is being dragged -- the FBI, these are people who serve us, who keep us safe, whose lives are on the line. They are being used as a political tool by Devin Nunes…
I would say that it is partisanship at its worse. That many people years from now will look back on the damage that they did to the FBI and to the DOJ based on no evidence.
I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill…
Past presidents have waived executive privilege whenever there was the possibility of criminal wrongdoing.
I will tell you it's bipartisan. I don't want to get into the specifics of exactly who said what, but no, there was a great deal of consternation, very much on both sides of the aisle.
The president has been adamant that these investigations should be wrapped up as soon as possible.
This raises some very serious questions about whether we will get straight answers from anybody who is or was associated with the administration or is or was associated with the transition.
There are an awful lot of questions we weren't able to answer based on this very novel theory of executive privilege.
Steve Bannon and his attorney asserted a remarkably broad definition of executive privilege.
Members of the Intelligence Committee, on which few of us have an opportunity to serve, lead very odd lives. Every single day, we descend in the bowels of this Capitol, four floors down. We surrender our iPhones, we surrender our…
I am opposed to the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to commit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Himes moves to commit S. 139 to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189, noes 227, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 15] AYES--189…
What really troubles me about that, and all of other tweets and now, this latest tweet, we've gotten to a place, a very weird place where it doesn't really matter what the president of the United States says anymore because it is so…
Can you imagine if Kim Jong-un, you know, responds to this with carefulness and prudence, how that makes the United States and the American president look?
You have a president who is just tweeting out utter madness. Dangerous madness in the case of encouraging the DOJ to go after his political enemies.
You know, Anderson, we're two days into the New Year and Freudians all over the world have already had the best year ever.
But as everybody who's ever been in a, you know, first grade playground recognizes, it's usually the person who's most aggressively pounding their chest that is, in fact, the weak one on the playground.
The president of the United States does not have the absolute right to do whatever they want with the Justice Department. The president doesn't have the absolute right to do anything.
Well, clearly, obstruction of justice is a crime. You know, I'm not a lawyer, but when the president fires the head of the FBI, as he fired Jim Comey, says that he did it because of Jim Comey's treatment of Hillary Clinton, and then admits…
I think my interpretation of the president's calm around Mueller, was I think he realized as the drumbeat to fire Mueller accelerated, and as people started to speak up, I think he realized that was a no-go zone politically.
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