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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s comments on pressing national security issues:
“I applaud President Obama for addressing many of the serious national security issues that our nation is confronting, and for taking steps to increase his Administration’s transparency on core aspects of its counter-terrorism...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Northeastern member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights. In response to ever-increasing fees and decreasing transparency among airline carriers, the Families Flying Together Act of 2013 would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct each carrier to “establish a policy to ensure, to the extent...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, reiterated his continued opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline project during House debate on H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act. Citing severe environmental threats, and environmental and judicial review under assault, Nadler spoke out against the bill on the House floor.
“Any rational person would recognize...
Washington, DC –Congressmen José E. Serrano, Joseph Crowley and Jerrold Nadler today applauded the settlement that was announced today in a lawsuit that New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and New York Communities for Change had pursued in order to force the New York City Department of Education to speed up its replacement of PCB-laden fixtures in schools. Under the terms of the settlement, the City will complete the removal and remediation of the toxic fixtures within five years....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in response to the withholding of the Leahy Amendment to protect LGBT families during the committee’s markup of immigration reform legislation, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement:
“As the House sponsor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), I am extremely disappointed that an amendment to ensure equal treatment for same-sex, bi-national couples was withheld, without a...
