James A. Himes

Bills James A. Himes Sponsored

• Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026 (H.R. 10142, In Committee)
• NO PROFIT Act (H.R. 10125, In Committee)
• Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (H.R. 9983, In Committee)
• Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 7792, In Committee)
• Middle Market IPO Cost Act (H.R. 3395, Passed the House)
• CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025 (H.R. 3542, In Committee)

Floor Speeches

Himes spoke on the floor 17 times on 16 session days in the 119th Congress.

• House, June 23, 2026, 204 wordsHousing for the 21st Century Act

  I want to start by thanking Chairman French Hill and Ranking Member Maxine Waters for doing a remarkable thing. In this polarized and angry Congress, we are actually getting something done, and we are getting something done that is really important.

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• House, June 10, 2026, 345 wordsExtension of Authorities of Title Vii of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

  I thank my friend, the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. I rise very sadly tonight in opposition to this legislation.

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• House, June 4, 2026, 349 wordsUkraine Support Act

  Five days ago, I was in Ukraine, and I saw what so many of us have seen: truly remarkable courage, absolute commitment to fighting for their freedom, innovation like you would not believe, and, interestingly, something I had not seen before in my previous trips to Ukraine, which was the optimism and joy in the face of missiles and destruction that the Ukrainians are winning.

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• House, May 20, 2026, 805 wordsDirecting the President, Pursuant to Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to Remove United States Armed Forces from Hostilities with Iran

  Here we are again, debating something that is not debatable. It is in the Constitution that every single one of us pledges to uphold. You can read it. It says that the Congress authorizes military action.

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• House, April 29, 2026, 1,842 wordsFallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act

  I rise in support of S. 1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act.

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• House, April 16, 2026, 439 wordsDirecting the President, Pursuant to Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to Remove United States Armed Forces from Hostilities with Iran

  I thank the chairman and ranking member for this important debate.

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• House, March 4, 2026, 435 wordsDirecting the President Pursuant to Section 5(C) of the War Powers Resolution to Remove United States Armed Forces From Unauthorized Hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran

  I have been listening closely to this debate since it began. The arguments being made by half of the Representatives of the people of the United States, the arguments as to why they should abrogate their constitutionally mandated duty, are bizarre to me.

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• House, January 22, 2026, 337 wordsRemoval of the Use of United States Forces for Hostilities Within or Against Venezuela

  Not much surprises me anymore, but to sit here and to listen to the storied House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by somebody who calls the opposition stupid, to hear our motivations as we stand up for a fundamental constitutional prerogative mocked through ad hominem attacks, shame, sir. Shame.

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• House, December 17, 2025, 538 wordsDirecting the President, Pursuant to Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to Remove United States Armed Forces from Hostilities with Presidentially Designated Terrorist Organizations in the...

  I came down here to debate something that this Chamber has been debating for generations, which is the push and pull between the Congress and the Chief Executive on the use of our military.

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• House, December 10, 2025, 300 wordsDisinterment of Remains of Fernando V. Cota From Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas

  I thank the hard-working chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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Connecticut in Congress →

• Richard Blumenthal (D, Senate)
• Christopher Murphy (D, Senate)
• Joe Courtney (D, House)
• Rosa L. DeLauro (D, House)
• Jahana Hayes (D, House)
• John B. Larson (D, House)

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