CT-04: Congressman Jim Himes gives back campaign contributions from Charlie Rangel

As a result of a recent admonishment against Rep. Chairman Charlie Rangel by the House Ethics Board Committee, Congressman Jim Himes issued a press release stating that he plans on donating his contributions from the Way and Means Committee chairman to charity.

I admire Mr. Rangel for his decades of leadership on civil rights and his service in the armed forces and in Congress. But as elected officials, we must live up to the highest ethical standards. Given this admonishment by the Ethics Committee and the other allegations pending against him, I have directed my staff to donate to charity the campaign contributions received from Mr. Rangel.