Government Oversight

RANKING MEMBER JERROLD NADLER’S FLOOR STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE FISA AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during the debate of “S.139, the “FISA Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 2017.” I rise in strong opposition to S. 139, the “FISA Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 2017,” which reauthorizes Section 702 of FISA for six years without enacting adequate protections for our p... Read more »

Nadler Welcomes New Judiciary Democrat & Announces Subcommittee Assignments for Second Session of 115th Congress

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) welcomed Congresswoman Val Demings (FL-10) to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and announced the new subcommittee structure for the second session of the 115th Congress. “I am pleased to welcome Congresswoman Val Demings to the House Judiciary Committee. Congresswoman Demings will bring invaluable real world experience to our commi... Read more »

Fact Sheet: s. 139, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act

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This Bill Continues Warrantless Access to Email and Phone Calls Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a critical national security tool set to expire on January 19, 2018. With the proper set of reforms in place—changes that preserve its effectiveness while protecting the privacy of Americans swept up into government surveillance — House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerr... Read more »

NADLER STATEMENT ON “PREVENTING CRIMES AGAINST VETERANS ACT OF 2017”

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of “H.R. 506, the “Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017.” Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to support H.R. 506, the “Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act.” H.R. 506 provides an important, additional tool for federal prosecutors to use... Read more »

DEMOCRATIC RANKING MEMBERS SEND LETTER TO SPEAKER RYAN ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS’ REFUSAL TO FULLY INVESTIGATE RUSSIA’S THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

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House Democratic Ranking Members Eliot Engel, Maxine Waters, Jerrold Nadler, Bennie Thompson, Elijah Cummings and Robert Brady sent a letter to Speaker Ryan today urging House Republicans to join Democrats to fully investigate and address Russia’s threat to our democracy and national security. This letter comes as we mark one year since the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s report ... Read more »

FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act Fails to Make 702 Reforms

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On Thursday, the House of Representatives will consider S. 139, a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This bill fails to accomplish any meaningful reform or provide any significant measure of privacy protections. S. 139 is a deeply flawed bill that ultimately jeopardizes the reauthorization of Section 702 altogether. It is universally opposed by technology... Read more »

NADLER STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S "ELECTION INTEGRITY COMMISSION" FARCE MEANT TO FACILITATE VOTER SUPPRESSION

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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 »

NADLER: MR. MCGAHN’S REPORTED CONDUCT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

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This evening, the New York Times reports that President Donald Trump ordered White House Counsel Don McGahn to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the Russia investigation, that Mr. McGahn carried out those orders, and that an aide to Attorney General Sessions approached congressional staff to ask for information that might damage the reputation of former FBI Director Ja... Read more »

Top House Judiciary Committee Dems Respond to Pro-Choice Caucus Calls to Subpoena HHS Officials Involved with Undocumented Abortion-Seeking Rape Survivor Case

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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 »

NADLER ON REPUBLICANS’ “EMERGENCY” MEETING WITH MCCABE: REPUBLICANS’ ONLY EMERGENCY IS MUELLER CLOSING IN ON TRUMP & HIS ASSOCIATES

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Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) held a last minute, confidential meeting with Members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees to interview FBI Deputy Direct... Read more »