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Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed the Protecting Our Democracy Act on a bipartisan basis – a comprehensive package of reforms that will strengthen America's democratic institutions against future presidents who could seek to abuse the power of their office for corrupt purposes.
The proposals – many of which have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past – will restore the federal government's system of checks and balances, strengthen accountability and transparency, and protect America's elections from foreign interference.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of H.R. 5314, the Protecting Our Democracy Act:
"Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3359, the Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021:
"H.R. 3359, the 'Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021,' would give family members of murder victims the right, under federal law, to request a review of their loved ones' case files when the case has gone cold after three years.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4977, the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act:
"H.R. 4977 the 'Better Cybercrime Metrics Act,' is an important bipartisan measure to advance our understanding of cybercrime so that we may better prevent and combat its occurrence.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5796, the Patents for Humanity Act of 2021:
"H.R. 5796, the 'Patents for Humanity Act of 2021,' is bipartisan legislation to codify an awards program started by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a pilot program in 2012, and later made permanent by the Office, designed to bring additional recognition to inventors and inventions that make a meaningful contribution to humanitarian causes.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Committee voted to advance five bipartisan bills to the full House of Representatives:
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act:
"Following the brutal murder of Ahmaud Arbery, which has been cast as a 21st century example of modern lynching by civil rights advocates across the United States, the subsequent public outcry against racial injustice further galvanized national conversations around the historical efforts to create a lynching offense under federal law.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5338, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021:
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led the House of Representatives in passing H.R. 5720, the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Representative Deborah Ross (D-NC) that addresses an alarming lack of transparency in the personal financial holdings of federal judges, and the conflicts-or appearance of conflicts-those holdings can create in the cases those judges are asked to decide. The bill passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 422-4.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of H.R. 5720, the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021:
"H.R. 5720, the 'Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021,' embodies an important bipartisan effort to address an alarming lack of transparency in the personal financial holdings of federal judges, and the conflicts-or appearance of conflicts-those holdings can create in the cases those judges are asked to decide.