On July 14, the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Jim Himes (CT-04), issued the following statement regarding the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
On June 30, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced $4,528,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction of the Norwalk River Valley Trail.
On June 21, Mayor Ganim met with Local 1159 President Bradford Seely, Bridgeport’s Chief of Police Roderick Porter, and Police Commission Chair Daniel Roach, to announce the tentative agreement that was made between the City of Bridgeport and AFSCME, Council 4, Police Local 1159.
Mayor Ganim held a press conference with Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon and members of the Bridgeport Delegation to discuss the many updates and reforms that have taken place during this year’s legislative session.
The Bridgeport EOC in conjunction with Mayor Ganim advises all residents to take caution and seek refuge in cooling centers for June 8th during normal business hours.
The Bridgeport EOC in conjunction with the City of Bridgeport Public Health Department continues to monitor the air quality hazard that is currently impacting our area.
On June 6, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other members of the Connecticut delegation to announce $8,800,000 in federal funding to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Connecticut while advancing environmental justice.
On May 24, Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) introduced the Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act, a bill to authorize the administration, in consultation with Congress, to negotiate and enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) this week introduced The Reclamation of War Powers Act, a bill that would return the power to declare war back to Congress.
On May 4, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced that Stamford’s Housing Development Fund will receive $3,718,258 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) fund.
Congressmen Jim Himes (D-CT), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH) led a bipartisan group of 31 lawmakers in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling for an investigation into two videos of Russian soldiers allegedly beheading Ukrainian Prisoners of War.
Due to the unfortunate rain in the forecast, we are postponing the Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt to the rain date, Saturday April 8, 2023 @ 11am (Town Hall Green).