Earlier today, the Rules Committee posted notice of a meeting on S. 139, a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The proposal is scheduled for consideration by the House next week. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in reaction to the bill: “This so-called ‘reform’ bill was written... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to dissolve the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity: “From its inception, the so-called “Election Integrity Commission” was a farce created to justify President Trump’s ridiculous and unsubstantiated claims that he lost the popular vote in the presi... Read more »
Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he is rescinding the memorandum issued in 2013 by former Deputy Attorney General James Cole that guided the efforts of federal prosecutors in marijuana cases. With the purpose of focusing federal marijuana prosecutions on “the most significant threats, in the most effective, consistent, and rational way,” the “Cole Memo” was issued “in light of ... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Ranking Member David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Const... Read more »
Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released statements after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) requested emergency intervie... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to Senator Chuck Grassley’s call for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to be removed from the FBI: “I respect Senator Grassley, but I could not disagree more with his suggestion that Mr. McCabe should be removed from his post, as President Trump has repeatedly urged. The Assistant Director h... Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Rosenstein. For the better part of a year, my colleagues and I have implored this Committee to conduct real oversight of the Department of Justice. On January 24, 2017, we wrote to Chairman Goodlatte insisting that “the Committee hold hearings on President Trump’s conflicts of interest, at home and abroad.” Citing to experts ac... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 1865, the “Allow States And Victims To Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act Of 2017.” Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that you are bringing forward legislation today to address the scourge of human trafficking. I strongly support providing new mechanis... Read more »
