WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement after voting against Donald Trump's dangerous reconciliation bill that slashes health care and food assistance in order to pay for massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy: “While American families slept last night and early this morning, House Republicans rushed through and passed a devastating bill that k... Read More »
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Dan Goldman (NY-10) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, regarding the ongoing instability at the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP). They were joined on the letter by Representatives Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Alexandria Ocasi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) made the following statement in response to the recent protests at Columbia University: "Vandalism is unacceptable. Occupying university buildings is unacceptable. Interfering with the rights of other students to study in the library is a violation of their rights. Columbia had to act to remove the protesters who occupied Butler Library. T... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rob Menendez (D-NJ), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) introduced the Improving Helicopter Safety Act, which bans all non-essential helicopter traffic within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty. The bill comes in the wake of the tragic crash of an air tourism helicopter into the Hudson River on April 10, which claimed the lives of si... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) made the following statement on the Markup of Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Reconciliation Bill. "This markup is just one small slice of a much larger, deeply dangerous reconciliation bill. But even this narrow portion tells you everything you need to know about Republican priorities. Let’s start with just one example: the Neig... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Republican members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted down—on a party-line basis—an amendment offered by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) to provide substantial funding for transit safety and security. The vote came just weeks after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued letters threatening to withhold federal funding from agencies like the... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09), and Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04), introduced the West Bank Violence Prevention Act in response to Leader of the Jewish Power Party and Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the United States. The West Bank Violence Prevention Act codifies and enshrines into law the Biden Administration’s Executi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) made the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s reported plan to slash over $40 billion from the Department of Health and Human Services and eliminate all dedicated domestic HIV prevention programs: "It is unconscionable that the Trump Administration has proposed cutting over a third of the Department of Health and H... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Tim Kennedy (NY-26), and Grace Meng (NY-06) led a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Senior Official Performing the Duties of FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton urging the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to eliminate over $325 million in funding for New York State through the Building Resilient In... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) led New York’s entire Democratic Congressional delegation in writing to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy requesting a meeting to discuss the unprecedented attacks on New York State’s health funding. “We write regarding the Trump administration’s recent at... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation, led a letter signed by members of New York’s delegation to Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, requesting full funding of the $68.4 billion MTA Capital Plan for 2025–2029 as part of this year’s state budget. The letter... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Representative Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Jeffries (D-NY), and Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) are leading a bipartisan letter calling on President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse cuts to National Insti... Read More »
Red Hook, NY - Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler joined a rally organized by Voices of the Waterfront, a local coalition of concerned citizens who feel left out of the planning process for the massive, 122+ acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment project. The rally will focused on the importance of a fair and equitable plan that delivers sustainable jobs tied to a true working waterfront as w... Read More »
Today, Congressman Nadler issued the following statement: "I strongly condemn President Trump's latest attacks on higher education cloaked under the guise of fighting antisemitism. Once again, the President is weaponizing the real pain American Jews face to advance his desire to wield control over the truth-seeking academic institutions that stand as a bulwark against authoritarianism. Withholding... Read More »
"Firing 10,000 of our nation's top scientists, doctors, and public health experts is not reform—it’s sabotage. Trump, Musk, and Kennedy Jr.’s reckless purge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is gutting the agency American families rely on to stop disease outbreaks, develop new treatments, and save lives. With these dangerous firings, our government is losing generations of talent... Read More »