Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the House Judiciary Committee, Director Wray. Earlier this week, in a message to your agents and employees, you gave us your vision of what the FBI is supposed to be: “We find ourselves under the microscope each and every day—and rightfully so. We do hard work for a living. We are entrusted with protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution and l... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement in front of the House Rules Committee against H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. After the House Judiciary Committee approved the NRA-backed Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act along party lines last week, the Republican-controlled Rules Committee cynically attached to it the bipa... Read more »
Today, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), House Judiciary Committee Democratic Representatives Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jamie Raskin(D-MD) released the following joint statement expressing their strong opposition to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) proposed Section 702 legislation: “Section 702 ... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today issued the following statement on legislation produced by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): “Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee worked for months with civil liberties advocates, Members of ... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s Markup of H.R. 2666, the “AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017.” Thank you, Mr. Chairman. H.R. 2666, the “AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017,” is an important bill to give Indian tribes the ability to respond quickly to child abductions. Through... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s Markup of H.R. 4477, the “Fix NICS Act of 2017.” Mr. Chairman, I support the “Fix NICS Act” as a sensible step to improve our national firearms background check system. When we enacted the Brady Act in 1994, we evolved from a waiting period-based system to o... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s Markup of H.R. 38, the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.” Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act” and I am disappointed that this legislation is before us today. The level of gun violence in our country is astounding and... Read more »
On Friday, December 1st from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., House Judiciary Committee Democrats and the Congressional Progressive Caucus will host a briefing on the impact of the largest internet companies on competition, innovation, and democracy. There is increasing concern that the size and power of some of the largest technology companies may harm competition, threaten the future of innovation, and ... Read more »
Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Cedric L. Richmond, Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers Jr., and CBC Judicial Nominations Working Group Chair, Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a letter to United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman, Chuck Grassley, urging him to uphold the longstanding blue slip policy, which prevents the Committee from considering a judicial nom... Read more »
H.R. 170, the “Protect and Grow American Jobs Act,” as introduced, would increase the wage level that H-1B dependent employers must pay to avoid jumping through certain hoops in the H-1B immigrant visa program. These are employers who heavily rely on foreign workers and have 15 percent or more of their workforce on H-1B visas. I did not support a predecessor bill last Congress because I did not b... Read more »
