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NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Northeastern Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, responded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to approve the Spectra Energy NJ-NY Expansion Project, which would run under the Hudson River from New Jersey to Gansevoort Street in Lower Manhattan.
Nadler issued the following statement:
“This week, FERC approved the Spectra Energy pipeline, which will cut...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced the newest effort by House Republicans to curtail women’s access to reproductive rights. Speaking at a Constitution Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 3803, Nadler lamented the never-ending parade of bills attacking women and seeking to roll back hard-won freedoms. He also criticized Judiciary Republicans for failing to allow Delegate Eleanor Holmes...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reiterated his opposition to continued U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and called for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Speaking in support of Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) amendment – of which he is a cosponsor – to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013, Nadler warned that we are wasting lives and dollars in what is an intractable civil war.
“And why should we...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, along with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, will introduce legislation to prevent the indefinite...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, pushed to increase by $20 million funding for grants under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in order to more effectively target domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and rape. The amendment was offered as the Motion to Recommit for H.R. 5326, the FY2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act, and was...
