Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations along with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, held a press conference to introduce the 2018 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). VAWA is set to... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act.” “I rise in opposition to H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act.” “This bill is well-intentioned, but fatally flawed. I agre... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election: “The stark c... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a press conference to address President Trump’s outrageous “demands” on the Department of Justice as part of his continued attacks against the DOJ and the FBI, and to release a new letter to the President regarding his reluctance to sit with Special Counsel Mueller for an interview. Below are Ranking Mem... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5682, the “FIRST STEP Act.” “I rise in opposition to H.R. 5682, the “FIRST STEP Act.” On principle, I cannot support legislation which fails to address the larger issue of sentencing reform, and, though this bill makes moderate improvements i... Read more »
Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee released the following statement in response to the effort by President Trump and Congressional Republicans to undercut the Special Counsel investigation by pressuring the Department of Justice to expose the role of a top-secret FBI source: “A deliberate decision to expose the identity of a confidential source for some p... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 2561, the “POLICE Act.”STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER NADLER FOR THE MARKUP OF H.R. 2561, THE "POLICE ACT" Raking Member Nadler: Mr. Chairman, certainly we must assist our law enforcement officers, who work long hours under stressful an... Read more »
