Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: “The Senate owes it to the American people to take a hard look at Deputy Director Haspel, whose career at the CIA coincides with some of the darkest moments in rec... Read more »
The Democrats Argue that the Trump Administration Has Failed To Counter Russia’s Effort in Meddling and Refused to Punish Russia with Unanimously Passed Sanctions Top Dems to President Trump: Use All Your Power to Show You’re Serious About Preventing Election Meddling by Foreign Countries U.S Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Dianne... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Justice Department Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to eliminate a requirement for those seeking asylum to have a full hearing before an immigration judge: “This week, Attorney General Sessions unilaterally vacated a decision finding that asylum seekers are entitled to a full hearing, ... Read more »
During today’s Judiciary Committee markup, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called for the House Judiciary Committee to address gun violence in America. Watch Here Ranking Member Nadler delivered the following remarks at the beginning of the markup: “Mr. Chairman and colleagues – Before I discuss the bill before us, I want to say a word about what is not before us, na... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), on Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ lawsuit against California’s sanctuary laws: “Attorney General Sessions is again attacking local communities who disagree with his anti-immigrant agenda. We... Read more »
Mr. Chairman, as we consider today’s narrow topic of class action lawsuits against intermediate care facilities that care for individuals with intellectual disabilities, we must be sure that our focus is always on this key question—how can we ensure that people with mental disabilities receive the best care possible, appropriate to their individual circumstances? Since the 1960s, aided by the adv... Read more »
Mr. Chairman, I believe the consideration of the issues underlying this bill is timely, but unfortunately misguided. This Committee should examine pretrial services and bail issues with the goal of reforming our Nation’s bail system, not for the purpose of protecting the use of money bail, which is unfair to the indigent, unproductive, and expensive for American taxpayers. H.R. 2152, the “Citizen... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) request for a second special counsel to investigate “decisions made and not made by the Department of Justice and the FBI in 2016 and 2017”: “The Nunes memo has now been thoroughly discredited. Speci... Read more »
Mr. Chairman, while I do not prejudge the merits of the proposed merger of CVS Health and Aetna, health care is an incredibly complex industry and we must consider carefully the potential impact of this transaction on competition and, ultimately, on consumers. CVS Health is one of the Nation’s two largest retail pharmacy chains, with more than 9,700 retail pharmacy locations and 1,100 walk-in heal... Read more »
