In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, which overturned the decades-old precedent of deference toward federal agency decision-making that the Court announced in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and Administrative State, Regulatory Reform,... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes today released a staff report titled, "House Republicans Lack Evidence to Substantiate Latest CIA Conspiracy Theory:" In the forward to report, the Members write, in part: "When it comes to congressional investigations, House Republicans are failure... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, “Unsustainable and Unoriginal: How the Republicans Borrowed a Bogus Antitrust Theory to Protect Big Oil." The report highlights what Democratic members and staff have learned about Chairman Jordan's aimless crusade against the use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) policies... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to commend the Biden Administration for opening a public inquiry into how private equity and corporate greed has... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared for the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice": "Mr. Chairman, I have been in Congress since 1992. My colleagues and I, of course, have had our political disagreements in the past thirty years. But ultimately, in this Committee, we have worked together—more often t... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and 9 colleagues on the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust sent a letter to the Department of Justice, urging the agency to immediately open an investigation into potential antitrust conspiracies among U.S. oil producers, OPEC, and OPEC+. The members explain: “Gas prices today average $3.60 per g... Read more »
Following recent reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito displayed a flag at his home indicating support for the so-called “Stop the Steal” movement, House Judiciary Committee Democrats wrote to Supreme Court Justice John Roberts requesting information about whether Justice Alito violated the Supreme Court’s Code of Conduct and how Chief Justice Roberts plans to enforce the new rules. The ... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and Ranking Member Lou Correa of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust sent letters to the Attorneys General and chief financial officials of Texas and Florida seeking information about how their states’ laws against responsible investing have affected everyday taxpayers and retirees. Texas and ... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House Floor, as prepared, in support of H.R. 4639, the "Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act": "Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4639, the “Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act.” I was proud to join Congressman Davidson in introducing this strong bipartisan legislation to help prevent government over... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Hearing on “Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: COVID-19 and the Constitution”: "Mr. Chairman, our former colleague, and current Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emmanuel, is often quoted as saying “You never want a serious crisis t... Read more »