Transcript: Rep. Jim Himes on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 15, 2026

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The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 15, 2026.

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 15, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes, who joins us from Greenwich. Good morning, Congressman. You just heard the secretary ask for $50 billion in funding for upgrades. There are 16 working days left in the House. Are you going to consider that funding request?

REP. JIM HIMES: Yeah. Well, Margaret. I mean, look, you- you- you had the right question. This is not a Congress money problem. You pointed out that there was $50 billion sent in the Biden administration and 12 and a half billion appropriated that has not been obligated. For the American people watching, obligated is a fancy D.C. word for spent, right? So this is not immediately a spending problem. It is a prioritization problem, and it's payback, by the way, for you remember when Elon Musk was standing on a stage spinning his chainsaw around, cutting government willy-nilly. Well, part of that chainsaw got 1,300 employees of the FAA to resign or to retire.

REP. HIMES: Well, no, I'm not a no. Look, if- if- if- if they- I'm not on the transportation committee. But if they came and said- my first question would be, well, what about that other 12 and a half million that's sitting in your bank account right now? How about if you spend that before we- we put more money in that bank account?

MARGARET BRENNAN: Understood. I want to ask you about what is happening with this arms race with China and chips. You were one of the rest of the Gang of Eight who were briefed this past week on what is going on with Nvidia, that chip maker. CBS has reported U.S. intelligence agencies believe Alice Huang, the Megaspeed CEO who was linked to Jensen Huang of Nvidia, was indeed an asset of China's Ministry of State Security.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: The big thing is: was the woman a spy?

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