Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), urging him to investigate attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators, and to call in Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower who helped found Cambridge Analytica, the Trump Campaign data firm that acquired... Read more »
Watch Here During today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) renewed his call for the House Judiciary Committee to conduct oversight. Nadler and Committee Democrats have long called on the Judiciary Committee majority to hold hearings on the Trump Administration, attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Federal Bureau of Investiga... Read more »
Watch Here Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland, Security, and Investigations conducted a hearing examining school safety issues and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) inadequate response to tips concerning the man who shot and killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. Among the issues examine... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks during the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations hearing entitled, “Preventable Violence in America: An Examination of Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Misguided Public Policy” Mr. Chairman, it is appropriate for the Judiciary Committee... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor on the STOP School Violence Act: “I rise today in support of H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act, as amended. But, I do so with serious concerns about some of its provisions and what the bill fails to do. H.R. 4909 would authorize $50 million annually fo... Read more »
On Wednesday, 83 House Democrats released a letter they signed to House Leadership in both parties and to Appropriators calling for the Dream Act to be attached to the Omnibus spending bill the House will vote on this week or next. The lawmakers also asked that the government funding bill be free from increased spending on immigrant deportation and detention and free from further border militariza... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) attended a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol to support students across the country who staged protests demanding Congress address gun violence in America, before speaking on the House floor on the STOP School Violence Act. Ranking Member Nadler supported passage of H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act, legislation, which, as... Read more »
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 »
