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December 5, 2022
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Thursday, December 8th at 10:00 AM EST titled "Undue Influence: 'Operation Higher Court' and Politicking at SCOTUS." The hearing follows a bombshell report by the New York Times that exposed how conservative activists have coordinated to unduly influence Supreme Court justices.
November 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed his Respect for Marriage Act (HR 8404):
November 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Speak Out Act (S. 4524):
"Madam Speaker, S. 4524, the "Speak Out Act," empowers survivors of sexual misconduct by prohibiting the use of non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses that serve to silence survivors who entered agreements containing those clauses before a dispute arises.
"Madam Speaker, S. 4524, the "Speak Out Act," empowers survivors of sexual misconduct by prohibiting the use of non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses that serve to silence survivors who entered agreements containing those clauses before a dispute arises.
October 28, 2022
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement after a healthcare staffing company pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday for conspiring with another staffing company not to compete for each other's nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act:
October 6, 2022
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, last week introduced a bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. The Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022 would eliminate the section of the bankruptcy code that makes private and federal student loans nondischargeable, allowing these loans to be treated like nearly all other forms of consumer debt.
September 30, 2022
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today praised the House passage of the bicameral, bipartisan "Fairness for 9/11 Families Act," which would provide a catch-up payment for thousands of 9/11 victims, spouses and dependents who were unfairly excluded from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund when it was first established in 2015.
September 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (H.R. 3843):
"Madam Speaker, H.R. 3843 is bicameral, bipartisan legislation that consists of three distinct titles-each of which would make modest, but important, improvements to modernize our antitrust system and to help protect competition.
"Madam Speaker, H.R. 3843 is bicameral, bipartisan legislation that consists of three distinct titles-each of which would make modest, but important, improvements to modernize our antitrust system and to help protect competition.