Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019: "Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5038, the 'Farm Workforce Modernization Act' is vital legislation that will address an issue of critical national importance: the growing labor challenges damaging the American agricultural sect... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement during the markup of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump: "Good evening Ranking Member Collins, and distinguished Members of this Committee. "Tonight, we begin consideration of two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump. "The first article ... Read more »
Today, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. The articles can be found here. "The President abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to help his re-election campaign. For members of Congress this is not a question of fact, because the facts are not seri... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 and Thursday, December 12, 2019 the House Judiciary Committee will markup H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump. The full text of the markup notice can be found here. Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Thursday, December 12, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST 9:00 a... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Ranking Member Doug Collins (D-GA) regarding the Judiciary Minority’s request for witness testimony. Below are excerpts from the letter to Ranking Member Collins: “With respect to your requests that the Committee obtain testimony from Chairman Schiff as well as '[t]he anonymous whistleblower whose complaint initiated... Read more »
Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following joint statement on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Report on the origins of the Russia investigation: “The report issued today by the Inspector General debunks the conspiracy theories about... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, for the hearing on "The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee": "No matter his party or his politics, if the President places his own interests above those of the country,... Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following closing remarks, as prepared, for the hearing on “The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee”: “After hearing the reports and the evidence today, we now know several things with ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to the White House regarding the formal transmittal of the Select Committee on Intelligence’s Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report and additional transmittals received from investigative Committees. Below are excerpts from the letter to the White House: “Pursuant to…H. Res. 660…I am furnishing you... Read more »
Today, the House Judiciary Committee released a report by the majority staff entitled “Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment.” The report details the history, purpose and meaning of the Constitution’s Impeachment Clause. It addresses legal questions about the impeachment process and rebuts false claims about impeachment. The staff of the House Judiciary Committee first produced a re... Read more »
