Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 2694, the Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2021: "H.R. 2694, the 'Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2021,' is bipartisan legislation that makes two modest, but important amendments to current law, promoting the efficient, effective,... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 2922, the Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2021: "I rise in strong support of H.R. 2922, the bipartisan 'Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2021.' This bill would make permanent the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative and would assign the I... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 961, the Justice for Juveniles Act: "I rise in strong support of H.R. 961, the 'Justice for Juveniles Act.' This bipartisan bill would eliminate the administrative exhaustion requirement for incarcerated youth before they may file a lawsuit chal... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 3239, To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code: "Keeping track of the new laws Congress passes every session is a formidable challenge. But it is an essential part o... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 704, the ARTS Act: "I rise in support of H.R. 704, a bill that would help introduce promising young students who have won either the Congressional Art Competition or the Congressional App Challenge to the intellectual property system by waiving ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 2571, the AMIGOS Act: "H.R. 2571, the 'Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act'—or AMIGOS Act—would allow citizens of Portugal to participate in the E-1 and E-2 visa programs for traders and investors if Portugal provides reciproc... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led all Committee Democrats on a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the Department of Justice (DOJ) produce a series of documents related to the Trump Administration's surveillance of Members of Congress, journalists, and others. In their letter, the Members wrote, "The Committee is now engaged in... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks, as prepared, at a press conference announcing the Antitrust Subcommittee's bipartisan agenda for “A Stronger Online Economy: Opportunity, Innovation, and Choice”: "Last Congress, the Judiciary Committee conducted a monumental, bipartisan investigation into the state of competition in... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement announcing that the Committee will open a formal investigation into the Department of Justice's surveillance of Members of Congress, journalists, and others: “Recent reports suggest that, during the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice used criminal investigations as a prete... Read more »
Washington D.C.— Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler joined Congressman Joe Neguse, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Representatives Jason Crow, Pramila Jayapal and Mondaire Jones to introduce new legislation, the Ketamine Restriction Act, to ban the use of ketamine during an arrest or detention, other than in a hospital... Read more »
