Jim Himes

Jim Himes
Official portrait, 2023
Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byMike Turner
Chair of the New Democrat Coalition
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byRon Kind
Succeeded byDerek Kilmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2009
Preceded byChris Shays
Personal details
Born
James Andrew Himes

(1966-07-05) July 5, 1966 (age 58)
Lima, Peru
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Mary Scott
(m. 1994)
Children2
Residence(s)Cos Cob, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford (MPhil)
WebsiteHouse website

James Andrew Himes (born July 5, 1966) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Himes's district includes most of the southwest corner of the state and is largely coextensive with the Connecticut side of the New York metropolitan area. It includes parts of Fairfield County and New Haven County, including the cities of Bridgeport, Norwalk, Fairfield and Stamford.

Himes is the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

He 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. In 2023, Himes became the Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He also chaired the New Democrat Coalition in the 115th Congress (2017–2019).[1][2]

  1. ^ "Members". New Democrat Coalition. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Himes to head centrist dem group". December 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2016-12-04.