 Himes is ranking Democratic member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He formally called on Biden to end his campaign after the president held an hour-long news event, which he stumbled over his words several times. Himes joins 14 other congressional lawmakers that say Biden should end his campaign. He is the first from Connecticut to do so. There have been reports over this past weekend that Himes was part of a call at that time to call on the president to resign.