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CONGRESSMAN NADLER INVITES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ADVOCATE NANCY DAVIS TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on inviting Nancy Davis, a vocal advocate for abortion access to be his guest for President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address. “With reproductive rights under attack across our country, it is incumbent on our elected officials to elevate the real-life impacts of Repu...

Nadler Statement on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

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Today, I voted against the H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. My opposition to this legislation is two-fold. I have First Amendment concerns of about forcing Americans to lose access to the platform of their choice. Whatever national security concerns may exist, there is not enough evidence of a threat to suggest that the government should step ...

Ranking Member Nadler Opening Statement for House Judiciary Committee Hearing with Special Counsel Robert Hur

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Mr. Chairman, House Republicans may be desperate to convince America that white, conservative, men are on the losing end of a two-tiered justice system—a theory that appeals to the MAGA crowd but has no basis in reality—but your comments today make me wonder if you have read the Special Counsel’s report at all. The Hur Report does help us draw a distinction between President Biden and Donald Trump...

Congressman Jerrold Nadler Testimony to the MTA on the Central Business District Tolling, New York’s Congestion Pricing Program

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I am pleased to submit comments regarding the implementation of the Central Business District Tolling Plan, also known as congestion pricing. As the Member of Congress representing New York’s 12th Congressional District, which begins in the south along 14th Street and therefore includes much of the tolling district, I am writing to express my strong support for Congestion Pricing. I have long supp...

RANKING MEMBER NADLER URGES HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATORS TO STRIKE LIMITING LANGUAGE ON FUNDING TO DOJ ANTITRUST DIVISION

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Washington, DC - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Pramila Jayapal led 24 of their colleagues in a letter to House and Senate Appropriations, urging them to remove language from FY24 Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS) appropriation bill that blocks the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Divisio...

REP. NADLER VOTES TO FINALIZE $14,392,279 FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN NY-12

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Today, Representative Nadler voted to finalize $14,392,279 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for New York’s 12th District in the 2024 government spending bills. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in Manhattan. “I am incredibly proud of my work to bring back over $14 millio...

Nadler Statement Condemning Texas Judge’s Attempt to Dismantle the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) issued the following statement in response to last week's ruling in a Texas Federal Court undermining the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: "Last week, a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump issued an outrageous ruling that eliminates workplace rights granted to Texas state employees under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). This ruling is ...

Nadler Urges Garland, Horowitz to Investigate Scott Brady for Misleading Testimony

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today urged Attorney General Merrick Garland and Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady for providing false or misleading testimony to the Committee during a transcribed interview on October 23, 2023. In the letter to Garland and Horowitz, Nadler writes:...

NADLER ANNOUNCES OVER $9 MILLION IN HHS GRANTS TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE RESEARCH ON THE EAST SIDE 

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) announced over $9 million in combined grant funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to health care institutions in New York’s 12th Congressional District. “The East Side is home to a number of the finest hospitals and medical universities in the world,” said Congressman Nadler. “I’m proud to announce this funding which will help t...

CONGRESSMEN NADLER, GOLDMAN, RASKIN, AND JEWISH COLLEAGUES URGE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO FACILITATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, RELEASE OF HOSTAGES

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Read the Letter Here Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12), Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and 10 of their Jewish colleagues wrote to President Biden urging his administration to redouble his ongoing efforts to facilitate a temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. A temporary ceasefire agreement would include returning all of the...

NADLER STATEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICA'S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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Last week, the Republic of South Africa argued before the International Court of Justice that Israel’s military actions in Gaza violate the international prohibition on genocide. I unequivocally reject this charge, and I expect the ICJ to do the same. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was ratified by the United Nations in 1948. It rose from the horrors of the...

Nadler, Porter Introduce Bill to Independently Value Drug Prices and Scrutinize Accelerated Approvals

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-47) introduced a bill to ensure fair prices for prescription drugs by establishing an independent, evidence-based process for evaluating drug benefits and pricing. The legislation would advance much-needed oversight and robust analyses of drugs that are granted FDA approval. The Independent Drug Value Assessment Act would...

NADLER STATEMENT ON OPPOSITION TO CYNICAL, OVERREACHING STEFANIK RESOLUTION

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement: "I condemn the surge of antisemitism on university and college campuses in the strongest possible terms. Like most people, I was appalled when the presidents of three elite universities were unable to state unequivocally that calling for genocide against the Jewish people would violate their campus codes of conduct. That is w...

CONGRESSMAN NADLER'S FLOOR SPEECH CONDEMING WORLDWIDE EXPLOSION OF ANTISEMTISM AND CALLING OUT HOUSE GOP'S INTENTIONAL DIVISIVENESS

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Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler delivered the following remarks on the House Floor as prepared on H. Res. 894: M. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of any and all serious and meaningful efforts to combat antisemitism. The explosion of antisemitism—around the world, on college campuses, and online—is so shocking that it was the subject of nearly every Jewish household’s Thanksgiving mea...

STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMEMBERS NADLER, GOLDMAN, AND RASKIN URGING COLLEAGUES TO VOTE ‘PRESENT’ ON H.RES. 894 

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“Today’s Resolution, authored by Representatives Kustoff and Miller and backed by Republican leadership, is just the latest unserious attempt by Republicans to weaponize Jewish pain and the serious problem of antisemitism to score cheap political points. Last week, the Congress recognized that denying the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state— the core definition of Zionism — constitutes anti...

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