Dem Rep. Himes: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill ‘Fails Spectacularly’ to Address the Deficit
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump’s big beautiful spending bill failed to address the deficit.

Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump’s big beautiful spending bill failed to address the deficit.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that an analyst at the CIA who is an African American woman who “sees the war on DEI” will be worried if
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that is possible for the United States to boost its supply of rare earth minerals by mining sources of the minerals in America, but in order to do so,
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) claimed Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that President Donald Trump was acting like a “Bolivian dictator” from the 1950s.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) argued that the difference between President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order and attempts to expand executive power under President Joe Biden is Trump’s order isn’t a close call legally
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that the danger of TikTok is “a potential danger” because “to date,” China has “not used TikTok as a way to either
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) responded to President-Elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat by stating that he believes it’s a threat to force negotiations, but doing so is “dangerous” because
On Friday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) responded to 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’ messaging on what differences there are between her and President Joe Biden by stating that he hopes undecided voters aren’t “mulling over
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) argued that it’s “profoundly dangerous” to equate what he characterized as “somebody threw a brick through the Chase Bank in Portland,” with January 6. Himes said, “[Y]ou just talked
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that accusing the two would-be Trump assassins of being “on the Democratic team” is “going to perpetuate the violence.” And 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump’s
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that it’s “dangerous” for the Trump campaign to blame Democratic rhetoric for the recent attempted assassination of 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and that doing
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that the weapons the U.S. provides to Israel for protection against Iranian proxy groups are “leverage.” And the “big” action that has made it difficult to reach a
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that he hopes 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks on the Israel-Hamas war will impact negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage deal and Israeli Prime
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) discussed his call for President Joe Biden to leave the race and said that “This is not about one press conference, one debate, one
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that “one of the really kind of sick aspects of this moment is that we are watching every speech, every rally, every debate and saying, how did he do today? And that’s just not the way to think about the presidency of the United States.”
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Source” that he is calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race because he can’t win.
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Source” that only a “very small percentage” of his colleagues were still with President Joe Biden.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) reacted to reports of the arrest of eight foreign nationals with possible ISIS ties who had crossed over the border by stating that terrorists coming
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that Russia’s economy is “doing just fine” because China and India are buying their oil and while the delays in supplying Ukraine has hurt
House Intelligence Committee leaders and members on Monday called for the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with American-provided weapons under certain conditions.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) commented on tensions between Israel and Iran by saying that “this is a moment for everybody to be satisfied with the punch and
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that FISA reauthorization must get done because “it is a much more dangerous world today than it was five years ago. Terrorism
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) offered an amendment to a spy powers reform bill that effectively serves as a “Patriot Act 2.0” and greatly expands surveillance of Americans.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that Hamas “has a long history of stealing aid,” and “needs to stop that” but Israel also should inspect land shipments of aid much faster so more aid can
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) defended his vote against a bill forcing ByteDance to divest from TikTok and stated that “people are falling all over themselves to appear
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that the amount of known and suspected terrorists crossing the southern border who are real terrorist threats “is actually pretty small. It’s in
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) reacted to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s remarks on President Joe Biden by stating that Hur “didn’t write that about any of the other people who testified to him”
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that we “cannot have uncontrolled migration across the border. That is not acceptable. We see that here in New York City.” and “uncontrolled migration does put downward
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that things “are getting worse” in the Red Sea and that the hope is “that groups like the Qataris and others, and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that he “probably would have taken more aggressive action against the Houthis” and his “hope is” the administration “sends a very clear message
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that complaints that there isn’t a clear U.S. strategy for its endgame in funding Ukraine in its fight against Russia is an excuse because it comes “after a
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) acknowledged that there is an “uncontrolled inflow of people” coming over the border and that issue should be addressed, but addressing that “may not work” and shouldn’t be tied
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that it’s “a very dangerous path” to have a pay-for in the Israel aid bill that House Republicans proposed that is “a Democratic policy priority” and that he
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) complained that during a briefing earlier in the day with Biden administration officials, “some of the most serious people in our national security
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that, unlike Republicans with former President Donald Trump and his family, he’s willing to say that Hunter Biden should be held accountable if he broke the law
Representative Jim Himes (R-CT) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that there was “zero evidence” President Joe Biden knew what his son Hunter was doing with his international business deals.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that because their agenda isn’t popular and the economy is “pretty good” under President Joe Biden, Republicans only have “culture war issues” like “their message” “on parents having a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that while he thinks it won’t be big, the debt ceiling bill will be “deflationary,” and “is likely to help the Fed slow down inflation.” Himes also
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that “none of the things in the bill are Democratic priorities” while discussing the debt ceiling deal.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) reacted to a CNN poll showing that most Americans, including most independents, and 45% of Democrats think the debt ceiling should only be raised if it is tied to