Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Thursday, December 8th at 10:00 AM EST titled “Undue Influence: ‘Operation Higher Court’ and Politicking at SCOTUS.” The hearing follows a bombshell report by the New York Times that exposed how conservative activists have coordinated to unduly influence Supreme Court justices. At the hearing, the committee will hear testimony fr... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed his Respect for Marriage Act (HR 8404): “Today we take another monumental step in our decades long fight to protect same-sex and interracial marriage,” said Chairman Nadler. “I first filed the Respect for Marriage Act 13 years ago, when doing so wasn’t particularly... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Speak Out Act (S. 4524): “Madam Speaker, S. 4524, the “Speak Out Act,” empowers survivors of sexual misconduct by prohibiting the use of non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses that serve to silence survivors who entered agreements contain... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement after a healthcare staffing company pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday for conspiring with another staffing company not to compete for each other’s nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act: “We... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, last week introduced a bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. The Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022 would elimina... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today praised the House passage of the bicameral, bipartisan “Fairness for 9/11 Families Act,” which would provide a catch-up payment for thousands of 9/11 victims, spouses and dependents who were unfairly excluded from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsor... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (H.R. 3843): “Madam Speaker, H.R. 3843 is bicameral, bipartisan legislation that consists of three distinct titles—each of which would make modest, but important, improvements to modernize our antitru... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) sent a letter to Attorney General Garland of the Department of Justice, Secretary Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security, Director Wray of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Commissioner Magnus of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Acting D... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2022 (H.R. 1808): “Today, we take another step to advance historic gun violence prevention legislation. H.R. 1808, the “Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2022,” restores and updates the prior assault weapons ban that kept we... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during a markup of the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022 (H.R. 7946): “The “Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022” would finally ensure that noncitizen active-duty military, veterans, and their families are treated with the dignity and respect befitting the sacrifice they ... Read more »
