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Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Report on Trump Tower Meeting

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee released more than 2,500 pages of documents related to its investigation into the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between top Trump aides and a delegation of Russians who promised to help the Trump presidential campaign: “These preliminary findin... Read more »

FLOOR STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER NADLER FOR H.R. 5698, THE “PROTECT AND SERVE ACT”

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor during the consideration of H.R. 5682, the “Protect and Serve Act.” “The “Protect and Serve Act,” while rooted in laudable goals, will not strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and it fails to make meaningful reforms that would improve police -... Read more »

NADLER’S STATEMENT FOR THE MARKUP OF THE “PROTECT AND SERVE ACT”

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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. 5698, the “Protect and Serve Act.” “Mr. Chairman, the “Protect and Serve Act,” while rooted in laudable goals, will not strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and it fails to make meaningful reforms that would improve po... Read more »

NADLER’S STATEMENT ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MARKUP OF FIRST STEP ACT

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Committee markup of H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. "At the conclusion of the House Judiciary Committee discussion of the FIRST STEP Act, I voted against Committee adoption of the bill. I do not doubt that the bill is well-intentioned, but I am concerned that i... Read more »

NADLER’S STATEMENT FOR THE HEARING ON THE “CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN THE OPIOID ABUSE CRISIS”

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for a hearing on the opioid crisis: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I welcome today’s hearing as an opportunity to explore ways we can best address the crisis of opioid abuse in our country. I believe it is critical that we do so, in order to identify what works and what does not, so that we d... Read more »

Top Dems Request Inspector General Investigation of Allegations of Illegal Hiring Practices at the Department of Justice

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Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2018)—Today, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ju... Read more »

NADLER STATEMENT ON GOODLATTE’S PROPOSED INVESTIGATIONS OF CLINTON FOUNDATION PROBE AND COMEY MEMOS

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) issued one letter calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate allegations that the Justice Department pressured the FBI to shut down its probe of the Clinton Foundation during the 2016 presidential election, and a second letter demanding informat... Read more »

Republicans Use Judiciary Hearing to Promote Pro-Trump Social Media Personalities, Refuse to Focus on Serious Oversight

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Watch Here Today, the Republican Majority of the House Judiciary Committee held an official hearing with pro-Trump social media personalities “Diamond and Silk,” who gave testimony to the Committee on their belief that social media companies are engaged in a plot to silence conservative voices on the Internet. Ranking Member Nadler addressed these claims in his opening statement: “The witnesses wi... Read more »