The culture I come from, the military culture, when a senior asks you to do something, even if it's polite and pleasant, it's not to be taken as a request, it's to be taken as an order, in this case, the power disparity between the two leaders, my impression is that in order to get the White House meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would have to deliver these investigations.

Jim Himes

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New England oysters are better than Chesapeake. But Chesapeake bl... by Jim Himes

New England oysters are better than Chesapeake. But Chesapeake blue crabs are unbeatable.

oysters england blue

The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a... by Jim Himes

The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.

political zero games

I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.

oysters wine beer

I've spent eight years in Congress avoiding moral language. I represent a swing district. I believe profoundly in not challenging the motives of your opponents. But more and more, we're in a world where leaders have to speak up, and speak in strong moral terms.

strong leader believe

I'm an elder in a Presbyterian church. I've taken Scripture seriously. I really do believe, like my more religious colleagues, that religion should be a source of values. If you believe that, for God's sake, act on those values.

taken religious believe

It is improper for the President of Jim Himes to demand a foreign government investigate a Jim Himes citizen and political opponent, it was also clear that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the 2016 election, the Bidens and Burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play.

I think we have to make something very clear, there doesn't have to be a quid pro quo. If the President asks a foreign government to do something to interfere with a US election that is unlawful, it's unethical and it's unprecedented.

Look, if there's a vote on the floor, I'll vote for it. by Jim Himes

Look, if there's a vote on the floor, I'll vote for it.

If that story is true, I don't know that it is, if it is true, the commerce secretary needs to resign now, that would be the most blatant use of an official position in the service of the ego and the political fortunes of the President that we have ever seen.

We want the weather service to operate with integrity and without... by Jim Himes

We want the weather service to operate with integrity and without bias.

We actually want to get things done, we don't want to embarrass o... by Jim Himes

We actually want to get things done, we don't want to embarrass our leadership.

We covered a bunch of topics that didn't get covered yesterday, so I think today's hearing was complementary and a lot more efficient because there weren't cameras in the room.

The more we learn the more we -- I, at least -- become concerned Roger Stone wasn't being honest with The House Intelligence Committee, if Roger Stone has evidence that Roger Stone lied to Congress and just in the last couple of weeks Roger Stone has brought charges to people for lying to Congress what that gives Roger Stone is real leverage with Roger Stone.

He did not say that a FISA warrant would not have been requested... by Jim Himes

He did not say that a FISA warrant would not have been requested but for the Steele information.

When your castle is constructed on utter falsehood, one of the things you have to do over time is take all of the power out of the truth.

I've certainly never done that. by Jim Himes

I've certainly never done that.

Devin, as much as I appreciate him and consider him a friend, has demonstrated on multiple occasions that he often serves the interests of Donald Trump.

It’s hard to look back in a prism of time. by Jim Himes

It’s hard to look back in a prism of time.

We need financial regulation that allows businesses and the banks they use to have access to the tools that help keep prices of consumer goods - like groceries and home heating oil - steady, while ensuring that the taxpayers are never again on the hook for the types of wild bets that helped crash the economy in 2008.

wild help never home

I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to go out when there is a below-average ebb tide because that exposes clamming grounds and oysters that are usually under water.

late winter water fall