Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 5954, the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5954, the “Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018.” This bipartisan bill, of which I am proud to be the lead Democratic sponsor, amends the An... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 1689, the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1689, the “Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017. "While I believe this bill is well intentioned, it is the wrong approach ... Read more »
Today, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s comments in Helsinki, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN), sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) demanding a special committee meeting to consider their bipartisan legislati... Read more »
Yesterday, in a seemingly coordinated attempt to quell widespread criticism of President Donald Trump’s child separation policy and his Administration’s failure to reunite these children with their parents, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services conducted three separate briefings at 11 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm for the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Gove... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor about H.Res. 990, a non-binding and politically-driven resolution introduced by House Republicans concerning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): "Mr. Speaker, this resolution is the legislative equivalent of fiddling while Rome is bur... Read more »
Today, after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and subsequent remarks in Helsinki, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) motioned for the House Judiciary Committee to adjourn the current hearing on social media filtering and go into executive session, in order to discuss threats to our electoral process from Russia. Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler... Read more »
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, released a joint statement after former FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testified during a joint Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing for more than 9 hours: “With today’s marathon... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election: Testimony by FBI Deputy Director Peter Strzok.” “Mr. Chairman, at the outset of this Congress, when my Democratic colleagues and I asked you to hold hearings about ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (July 11, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, called for the release of the full unclassified transcript of the 11-hour, closed-door interview of FBI Agent Peter Strzok, which includes hundreds of questions by Republicans regardin... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court: "Yesterday, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Kennedy as an Associate Justice o... Read more »
