Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the full committee markup of H.Res. 243, a Resolution of Inquiry regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe, and the obstruction of justice investigation at the Department of Justice: "H. Res. 243, introduced by the Ranking Member o... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), delivered the following remarks, as prepared, in support of overriding President Trump's veto of H.J.Res. 46, a resolution to prevent the President from diverting military construction funds for an unnecessary wall at the southern border: "Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of overriding the President's veto of H.J. Res. 46. "One month ag... Read more »
On Tuesday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler will hold the first ever hearing on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, historic civil rights legislation that would explicitly prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ community and strengthen non-discrimination protections for women and other minorities. The hearing will focus on discrimination faced by the LGBTQ commun... Read more »
Today, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to U.S. Attorney General William Barr to demand that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report be made available to Congress together with the underlying evidence. The letter was signed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, Permanent Select Co... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), and Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) released the following joint statement in response to Attorney General William Barr’s letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report: "After reading the Attorn... Read more »
On February 22, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their expectation that he will make Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report public “without delay.” Today, after the Department of Justice informed Congress that Special Counsel Mueller had submitted his final report to Attorney General Barr, House Jud... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Scott Lloyd, the former head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), requesting that he clarify statements made during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on February 26, 2019. Full text of the letter is available here and below: March 22, 2019 Scott Lloy... Read more »
