WASHINGTON, DC (January 7, 2025) - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, a bill that exploits Laken Riley’s tragic death and does nothing to fix our broken immigration system and instead requires the Attorney General to detain people wrongly accused of petty crimes like shoplifting. Below a... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, "Trying to Prove a Negative: Republicans’ Unsubstantiated and Politically Motivated Attacks against Special Counsel David Weiss’s Investigation." In the forward to the Report, Ranking Member Nadler writes, in part: "One year, nine interviews, countless taxpayer dollars, and hundreds of h... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, "The Delusion of Collusion: The Republican Effort to Weaponize Antitrust and Undermine Free Speech." The report highlights what Democratic members and staff have learned about Chairman Jordan's crusade to use taxpayer funds to accuse advertisers of "colluding" to set discuss brand safety... Read more »
Dear Democratic Colleague: I write to seek your support to continue serving as Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee in the 119th Congress. At a time when the very fabric of our democracy is threatened by the incoming Administration and their allies in Congress, my Democratic colleagues on the Committee and I pledge to stand as a bulwark against the MAGA Majority's dangerous agenda. As a New ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Hearing on “Oversight of Homeland Security and Investigations”: "Mr. Chairman, today, the immigration subcommittee is conducting an oversight hearing on the Department of Health and Human Servic... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “If there were any lingering questions of the direction Donald Trump will take our country, look no further than the nomination of Matt Gaetz as United States Attorney General. “As both Chair and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, I’ve had a front-row seat to Mr... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Study (FACES) Act of 2024, legislation to study barriers to enforcement of existing protections for access to reproductive health clinics. “Under the FACE Act, patients are protected under the law from intimidation and violence ... Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government led all 9 Democratic Members of the Subcommittee in a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) calling for a hearing to examine the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. Project 2025 provides a nearly 900-page policy roadmap for ... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote in support of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposed rule to transfer marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The letter was sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Department of Education’s repayment "on-ramp" expires September 30th, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and Subcommittee on Administrative Law, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Ranking Member Lou Correa re-introduced a bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. The Student Bor... Read more »
