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September 1, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member on the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the Committee on House Administration, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Representative Bennie G.


August 31, 2020

Washington, D.C. –Following today's U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling in the House Judiciary Committee v. McGahn case, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E.


August 27, 2020

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) issued the following statement on the protests in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers:


August 25, 2020

Washington, D.C. –On the heels of the recent announcement from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) declaring invalid Chad Wolf's appointment as Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), President Trump today announced his intention to nominate Mr. Wolf to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. In response, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement:


August 24, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) lead a bicameral amicus brief in O.A. v. Trump at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to preserve the D.C.

Issues: Immigration

August 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19), Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO-4), Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1), Representative Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), Representative Peter Welch (D-VT-At Large), and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8) introduced The Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act to temporarily prevent the need for furloughs by the U.S.

Issues: Immigration

August 20, 2020

WASHINGTON D.C.-This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), along with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-16), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), led a letter urging President Trump and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to immediately designate Lebanon for Temporary Protected St


August 14, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed that the appointments of Chad Wolf and Kenneth Cuccinelli to serve in the top two leadership positions at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were invalid, in violation of the Homeland Security Act and the Federal Vacancies Act. In response, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement:


August 11, 2020

Washington, D.C. –Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) led 40 Members of Congress in opposing a Trump Administration proposed rule that uses the COVID-19 global health crisis as a pretext to ban asylum seekers.

Issues: Immigration

August 7, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the House Judiciary Committee has standing to bring suits to enforce its subpoenas, and rejected the Trump Administration's arguments that courts are powerless to resolve these disputes. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the ruling: