Media Center
Latest News
"H.R. 7647, the "Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022," would address the growing and persistent ethics crisis at our nation's highest court.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a full committee markup of H.R. 6943, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act":
"H.R. 6943, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022" is bipartisan legislation that would expand eligibility for the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program to include stress and trauma-related injuries and death by suicide for law enforcement officers and their families.
"The Department of Homeland Security was founded after the September 11th attacks, and as the years passed, the Department has taken on new threats and challenges unimagined by Congress in 2002.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on "Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking:"
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The House Judiciary Committee today unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would establish important guardrails for when the federal government seeks to access someone's electronic communications without that person's knowledge. Under current law, prosecutors can request a person's electronic communications data, such as their e-mail and phone records, even when the subject of the search is not suspected of wrongdoing.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Despite the danger posed by the recent rise in domestic terrorism--including the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol-every Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee present today voted against the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (HR 350), which would greatly enhance the federal government's efforts to combat domestic terrorism and keep communities across the country safe.