Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Judiciary Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in support of H.R. 6, the bipartisan opioid legislation released last night: “We support this bipartisan package as a first step in fighting the opioid epidemic. This final deal includes key prioritie... Read more »
Today, ahead of planned testimony in the Senate on Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats at a press event in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her courageous decision to come forward to tell her story. At the press conference, Ranking Member Nadler also discussed Republicans’ failure to renew the Violence ... Read more »
The House of Representatives today approved the Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (H.R. 1551), bipartisan legislation that updates several key provisions of U.S. copyright law regarding music licensing. This consensus legislation is a product of the House Judiciary Committee’s comprehensive copyright review and was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Rank... Read more »
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Doug Collins (R-GA), released the following statements after introducing the American Royalties Too (ART) Act of 2018 in the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation will provide a measure of equity to visual artists by allowing them to receive a portion of the sales price of their art. ... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for an immediate vote on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act in order to protect Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation from being improperly interfered with or subverted entirely. Recent reports that President Donald Trump may attempt to fire or force-out Deputy Attorney General Rod ... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security's release late Saturday evening of a proposed federal rule that would make it more difficult for legal immigrants to remain in the United States if they have used legal public benefits: “The Trump Administration’s proposed p... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 6754, the CIRCUIT Act: “Mr. Chairman, proposals to split up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have been floated since, at least, 1941. But what was a bad idea more than 75 years ago still remains a bad idea today. “Proponent... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), released the following joint statement to mark the 24th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): “Twenty-four years ago, Congress came together to pass the first Violence Against Women Act to ensure t... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 3487 regarding diversity jurisdiction: “Mr. Chairman, H.R. 3487 would upend two centuries of a bedrock legal principle so that mostly corporate defendants can more easily remove purely state-law cases to federal court, where ... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 6730, the so-called Injunctive Authority Clarification Act: “Mr. Chairman, H.R. 6730, the so-called ‘Injunctive Authority Clarification Act,’ should instead be called the ‘Injunctive Authority Uncertainty Act’ because this bi... Read more »
