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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
Forums

On Thursday, May 17, the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Democratic leadership will hold a forum to examine current enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in U.S. schools and to announce the introduction of a new resolution to affirm support for disparate impact analysis as an enforcement tool of Title VI under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Issues: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Constitution Government Oversight
Subcommittees

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