Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the “Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016” by the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In October of 2016, we enacted the “Survivor’s Bill of Rights Act,” an important law to provide mu... Read more »
Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Ninth Circuit's ruling requiring that immigrants subjected to prolonged detention be given a custody hearing, Immigration and Boarder Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), along with Subcommittee Democratic Members Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD... Read more »
Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement: “Today, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Administration's request to overturn a Ninth Circuit injunction on President Trump's executive order to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Court's decision prevents the Administration from continuing to th... Read more »
Today, all House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), urged Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to bring gun violence prevention legislation before the House Judiciary Committee for a vote. Chairman Goodlatte and Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) wrote to FBI Director Chris Wray last week to call for a briefing on reports that the Federal Bureau of Inv... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued new indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups accused of interfering with the 2016 U.S. elections: “Given the facts alleged in this indictment, not even President Trump should doubt that the Russian government’s effort to subver... Read more »
Watch Here After yesterday’s horrific shooting in Parkland, Florida, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke on the House floor to mourn the victims and demand once again that Congress finally take action to address gun violence in America: Ranking Member Nadler delivered the following remarks on the House floor: “Before we discuss the bill before us today, I want to a... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the Floor debate of “H.R. 620, the “ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017” I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, H.R. 620, the so-called “ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017,” would undermine the civil rights of Americans with disabilities by significantly weakening the ... Read more »
Today, ahead of House Judiciary Republicans’ politically divisive Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee hearing entitled “The Effect of Sanctuary City Policies on the Ability to Combat the Opioid Epidemic,” House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Vice Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and eight other House Judiciary Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatt... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff released an analysis of President’s Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement concerning the proposed budget: “President Trump’s budget is weak on crime, is anti-immigrant, and undermines civil rights, legal services and critical regulatory protections. Th... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee in sending a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) calling for immediate hearings examining the U.S. election infrastructure after a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official revealed that Russia hacked U.S. voter rolls. The letter asks the Majority for emergency hearings to look... Read more »
