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May 22, 2018

Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee released the following statement in response to the effort by President Trump and Congressional Republicans to undercut the Special Counsel investigation by pressuring the Department of Justice to expose the role of a top-secret FBI source:


May 21, 2018

Today, in a 5-4 decision written by Judge Gorsuch, the Supreme Court held in Epic Systems v. Lewis that employers may use forced arbitration to circumvent workers' rights to band together to hold employers accountable for wage theft and other misconduct.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the decision:

"I agree with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that the Supreme Court's decision to eviscerate the fundamental rights of working people is 'egregiously wrong.'


May 18, 2018

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) released a letter they sent to Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, demanding answers regarding the Department's involvement in assisting Chinese phone company, ZTE, after President Donald Trump tweeted, "President Xi of China, and I, are working together to giv


May 17, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 2561, the "POLICE Act."STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER NADLER FOR THE MARKUP OF H.R. 2561, THE "POLICE ACT"

Raking Member Nadler:

Mr. Chairman, certainly we must assist our law enforcement officers, who work long hours under stressful and dangerous conditions to protect all of us. However, I cannot support the bill before us today.

Issues: Crime

May 16, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor during the consideration of H.R. 5682, the "Protect and Serve Act."

"The "Protect and Serve Act," while rooted in laudable goals, will not strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and it fails to make meaningful reforms that would improve police - community relations. Although I will not oppose the bill, I believe that its consideration today reflects a wasted opportunity.

Issues: Crime

May 16, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed a Congressional Review Act measure reinstating the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules:

Issues: Antitrust

May 15, 2018

Today, top Democrats from the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committees sent a letter to the Department of Justice renewing their February 8, 2018 request for documents related to AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner in light of new concerns raised by recent statements regarding President Donald Trump's potential interference with the Department's merger review process.

Issues: Antitrust

May 9, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 5698, the "Protect and Serve Act."

"Mr. Chairman, the "Protect and Serve Act," while rooted in laudable goals, will not strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and it fails to make meaningful reforms that would improve police - community relations. Although I will not oppose the bill, I believe that its consideration today reflects a wasted opportunity.

Issues: Crime