Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Hearing on "The Consequences of Soft on Crime Policies": "Mr. Chairman, in our first week back from the August recess, this Subcommittee’s first hearing is nothing more than a campaign event for Donald Trump. Rather th... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on "The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives": "Mr. Chairman, before I start, I would like to take a moment and express my sincerest condolences to all of our witnesses who have lost loved ones, and to all of their families. I cannot imagine how d... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government Hearing on "“The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Noncitizen Voting”: "Mr. Chairman, Republicans rely on the false premise that there is widespread noncitizen voting in order to advance dangerous legislation ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, wrote to Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) demanding an investigation into the Department of Justice's recent announcement that it has indicted Russian actors attempting to interfere in the United States Presidential elections. The full ... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton following recent activities which appear to be designed to intimidate Latino voting rights advocates, elected leaders, and candidates for public office in Texas. The Members write, in part: "Just two months before votin... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senator Ed Markey (MA), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to defend transgender Americans’ right to access medically-necessary healthcare in the upcoming Suprem... Read more »
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Jim McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, and Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee jointly filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. Garland. In the new, n... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) calling on him to open an investigation into inaccurate information about the upcoming presidential election being propagated by Grok, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on X. Specifically, Grok incorrectly told users that Vice President Kama... Read more »
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler re-introduced the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2024. The Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act addresses three egregious abuses within the bankruptcy system: nonconsensual nondebtor releases, asset-shielding divisional mergers, and preliminary stays. This legisla... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) will act as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime after the passing of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). “There is no Member better positioned to build on the legacy left by our late colleague, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee,” said Ranking Member Nadler. “Lucy Mc... Read more »
