SMORE: REP. Jim Him “face a nation and Margaret Brennan,” Oct. 12, 2025

The following is an interview text and rep. Jim Him, the Democrat of Connecticut, facing the nation in Margaret Brennan “on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Margaret Brennan: We joined now is a Connecticut Congressman Jim Hims. He is Democrat in the Chief Insect. It is good to have you here. He is a housing trader, but I want to talk to you about your intelligence portfolio. Financial sessions report, currently, the United States assists Ukraine to direct Russia’s re-installment. In other words, hitting Russia directly in that pocket letter. What can you say about how Trump management transforms its policy? Did they now get up from Vladimir Putin?

Rep. Jim Him: Yes, not really. We have heard months now that we go for two weeks. I think that the Name of the President, we spend a few times now many months from a really cracking in Russia. Also, he knows, there are Bipartisan expenses in Congress who would put the worst sanctions to the Russian people who would make you fat, which is, fats that run their military device. Those who have never been moved to the White House, so it is difficult to say that President Trump makes anything other than what he does forever. Now, I will say, and I cannot enter any of the specific authorities that the government has, but this analysis has resulted in reducing Russia’s power to produce fuel and other things about 20%. That is really, Russian pain. And I will tell you, too, without clarification, that I wish the President will be more aggressive in respect of those taps and disagreed with the biders’s managers, so at least they find that.

Margaret Brennan: So, isn’t you doing much, is, perhaps, even more relieved by Ukraine? Don’t put the same boundaries to the attendance? Is that okay to say?

Rep. Herres: Well, too, I don’t want to get right to the authorities, but you know, his rhetoric has been unknown to people in Ukradimier Putin. I tell you that his actions so far is not enough, as bida actions were insufficient, but they do not match the magnificent rhetoric. There, I didn’t see a big change, dragging, if you would, from Bidan’s management in relation to our Ukraine.

Margaret Brennan: I ask me because Labulensky and Trump talked twice 48 hours ago, significant. Venezuela: Next numbers that we have seen are like 6,000 or so they work for people in the southern region of jobs. There were four American strikes in ships. US says 21 people were killed. He has been urging legal repairs from management to explain their actions, and he has done it with the Head of foreign stories, armed services, national safety, and country. CAN you can, in any way, do you force more information that you share it so we know what is being done?

Rep. Hermes: I understand one of the many features of concerns about these deadly places in Caribbean against drug dealing. Now, we do not know, because, unlike our fight systems, Congress is not told who they are in these boats, how they are identified, something very different. Congress is not told anything to this. And that’s right, clearly, with the structures of the Republic to the house and the net. It is wrong with me. I will leave a little from the door here, because, and, a white house did not report what they believe that their legal repair is. They took the memo. I will tell you that, based on what I know now and readings of that memo, this is an illegal execution. They are illegally killed because the impression of the United States, and this is what the management said that they say that they are the armed, it is involved in any drug dealer Didentelan Venezelan are serious. It would not stand in one legal court.

Margaret Brennan: They say they are intended as terrorists, so –

Rep. Hims: No matter. Many terrorist people have been selected. That does not automatically provide authority to take a deadly action. Therefore, their legal pronunciation is laughing and where- and, unless they want to share in addition to my partner, this is an illegal execution. And what I am amazing that the President, of course, because of this high-line management, you are entirely insecure. But what about Security Secretary? What about the Deputy? What about everyone in that chain of Command, straight down to this gravity cause leading to death without a clear law? What about them? I tested this. It would not surprise me if, for the next few years, there is a President’s Exception of the Commandment, because it is not clear, because it is more clear, that this is not this illegal execution. To set aside the second law here. Margaret, knowing, I don’t know this because they don’t tell the Congress anything, but the fans have all kinds of rumor attacks and flooded. Even if this was a valid military step, because the Congress did not receive, a folk-shooting can be violating the rules of battle dispute. My friends of the Republic say, but these wicked people do bad things. OK, I disagree with you in that, but now in business to kill people who are doing bad things without authority?

Margaret Brennan: What did you say – those were not legal order? That soldiers can do- cause what we regularly hear from our military leaders, don’t worry. Our United States soldiers will rely on the Constitution and fulfill only legal orders. Do you say that the military members were rebuke and doing something else?

Rep. Hermes: I say that, throughout the appearance, this is an illegal execution. And you can find 1,000 different lawyers of both groups in the exhibition to tell you that, at least, legal authorities are questionable. So I’m impressed as why the order of command is certainly confident that deadly activities they take is legal. They don’t look that way to me. And this is a great thing, right? I mean, I understand that we are currently in a very shiny place, so it will be very difficult for a background of Republican to make statements I have just made. However, the caterpills turns, Margaret. He knows, in 1968, convicted of murder, killed by Imwieutenant, Lieutenant Cawley, because he and his units were killed, and the hundreds of Lai and Vietnam was also persecuted afterward. So I’m a little appealing why that commission’s best interest is so freed that he has made because the Trump administration say, oh, it’s okay. Not the treatment known for their law enforcement or constitutional.

Margaret Brennan: Yes, that is the main heading, and I want to continue covering that. But, I need to ask you at cost and costs in your home situation. We have seen from the SAA just, the garage and a bank, for many uniform government, said they should provide for $ 150 million borrowed from about 48 more than 48 people. That’s the money-crunch of many people. What happens with Connecticut?

Rep. HIMS: So, I mean, I’ll tell you the story of connecting. The next day after closing began, I went up to see the National Guards in Windsor Locks Airport. We had sent 500 members of the Connecticut National Guard Middle East. This was 22, aged 23 years old. None of them are rich. None of them will be paid in October 15. And I heard the deputy president in your show to say that this is about Democrats. Americans understand that the Republics regulate the White House, control the net, and control the house. So when the Eppoant Addorets in the United States said, this is about Chuck Schumer, that Americans are denied the final election, I think Americans see that.

Margaret Brennan: Yes, a white house seems trying to take that paper on the table. President Posts on Social Media will somewhere in some way somewhere to pay forces, at least in this payment cycle. Does that work hard? Is that legal?

Rep. Spears: Yes, maybe no. Also, we had a small discussion with the understanding of the United States laws, which is a good thing to say the best. The speaker of the house, because I think to pay soldiers during the shutdown will require the law. Speaker of the house has taken that on the table. So, I mean, is Donald Trump to say a lot of things? Yes, you will say a lot of things. But, I don’t see anything that moves. This house, as Senator Murphy points, house on vacation. So no, I don’t think it’s most likely.

Margaret Brennan: Yes, the speaker says that if the government is not closed, the soldiers receive the payment if the Democrats voted for a temporary fees. However, there is no person who is working now, just like you mean. We will have to continue following this. Thank you, Congressman Hims. We will return for a while.