James Andrew Himes was born on July 5,1966 and is an American businessman and politician serving as the US representative for since 2009.
30 Facts About Jim Himes
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Jim Himes's district includes most of the southwestern corner of the state and is largely coextensive with the Connecticut side of the New York metropolitan area.
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Jim Himes is the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
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Jim Himes previously chaired the United States House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth and the National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, and has been a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence since 2013.
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In 2023, Jim Himes became the Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Jim Himes chaired the New Democrat Coalition in the 115th Congress.
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Jim Himes was born on July 5,1966, in Lima, Peru, to American parents.
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Jim Himes's father was the director of the UNICEF Innocenti Center, a research institute on child development in Florence, Italy.
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Jim Himes spent his early childhood in Lima and Bogota, Colombia.
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Jim Himes attended Harvard College, where he was the captain of the lightweight crew and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988.
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Jim Himes studied for a degree in Latin American studies as a Rhodes scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated with a Master of Philosophy in 1990.
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Jim Himes was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Bridgeport on May 5,2012.
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In 1995, Jim Himes began working at Goldman Sachs as a banker in Latin America and New York.
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Jim Himes was appointed commissioner of the Greenwich Housing Authority in 2002, and served for two years as chairman of the board.
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Jim Himes has served as a board member of Aspira of Connecticut in Bridgeport, a board member of the Fairfield County Community Foundation, and as an advisory board member of Family Assets, LLP of Bridgeport.
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Jim Himes was an elected member of the Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation and chaired the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee.
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Jim Himes voted against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the Affordable Health Care for America Act that was intended to prevent any federal funds from paying for any health care plan with abortion coverage.
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Jim Himes voted for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.
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Jim Himes believes that early childhood education is "the most intelligent investment a nation can make in its future" and voted to double funding for Early Head Start Program.
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Jim Himes refuses to participate in moments of silence in the House chamber after mass shootings.
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Jim Himes believes this honorary gesture for shooting victims is a negligence by Congress, because they could spend the time passing legislation to work on ending gun violence.
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Jim Himes said he voted against the bill not because he objects to limiting the NSA's power, but because the bill was created in a reactionary manner and stripped the NSA of too much power.
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In 2016, Jim Himes lobbied the Electoral College to refuse to vote for Donald Trump and to instead elect Hillary Clinton.
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Jim Himes admitted that Trump won "fair and square" but said that Trump had proved himself unfit for public office.
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Jim Himes cited the intentions behind the creation of the electoral college and argued that it was created for an instance such as Trump's election.
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In 2022, Jim Himes was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Jim Himes took office in the 111th United States Congress on January 6,2009.
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Jim Himes is the first Democrat to represent the district since Donald J Irwin left office in 1969, and only the second since 1943.
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Shays was the sole Republican congressman from New England, and Jim Himes's win made New England's House delegation entirely Democratic for the first time in history.
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On October 15,1994, Jim Himes married Mary Linley Scott, a designer.