Press Releases
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) attended a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol to support students across the country who staged protests demanding Congress address gun violence in America, before speaking on the House floor on the STOP School Violence Act.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on President Trump's nomination of Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency:
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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Justice Department Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to eliminate a requirement for those seeking asylum to have a full hearing before an immigration judge:
During today's Judiciary Committee markup, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called for the House Judiciary Committee to address gun violence in America.
Ranking Member Nadler delivered the following remarks at the beginning of the markup:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), on Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions' lawsuit against California's sanctuary laws:
Mr. Chairman, as we consider today's narrow topic of class action lawsuits against intermediate care facilities that care for individuals with intellectual disabilities, we must be sure that our focus is always on this key question-how can we ensure that people with mental disabilities receive the best care possible, appropriate to their individual circumstances?
Mr. Chairman, I believe the consideration of the issues underlying this bill is timely, but unfortunately misguided. This Committee should examine pretrial services and bail issues with the goal of reforming our Nation's bail system, not for the purpose of protecting the use of money bail, which is unfair to the indigent, unproductive, and expensive for American taxpayers.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte's (R-VA) request for a second special counsel to investigate "decisions made and not made by the Department of Justice and the FBI in 2016 and 2017":
Mr. Chairman, while I do not prejudge the merits of the proposed merger of CVS Health and Aetna, health care is an incredibly complex industry and we must consider carefully the potential impact of this transaction on competition and, ultimately, on consumers.