Today, Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Judy Chu (D-CA) reintroduced the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, legislation to require the biggest polluters to begin paying their fair share to confront the climate crisis. The Members’ legislation requires the largest U.S.-based fossil fuel extractors and oil refiners and foreign-owned companies doing business in the U.S. to pay into a $1… Read more »

Watch Ranking Member Nadler's opening statement. Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee hearing on California wildfires and regulations.   Below are Ranking Member Nadler’s remarks, as prepared, at today’s subcommittee… Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announce the creation of the Congressional Jewish Caucus.  Earlier today, Jewish Members of Congress adopted a proposal developed by Reps. Nadler and Wasserman Schultz to formalize a Caucus that will serve as an official forum for Jewish Members of Congress to exchange ideas and… Read more »

Washington, DC — This week, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12) was named the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust for the 119th Congress. As the former Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he played a pivotal role in advancing legislative efforts to rein in corporate consolidation and released a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior Jewish Member of the House of Representatives, issued the following statement regarding the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza: “I welcome the news of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and deeply thank President Biden and his administration for their tireless efforts to reach this… Read more »

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Mike Lawler led Greater New York City Area Representatives Clarke, Gillen, Goldman, Gottheimer, Kean, LaLota, Latimer, Meeks, Menendez, Meng, Pou, Sherrill, Suozzi, and Torres in a bipartisan letter to the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration supporting the expedited review and fair consideration of additional… Read more »

Washington, DC – U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today applauded President Joe Biden’s enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which includes the authorization of $160 million for environmental infrastructure improvements and authorization of measures… Read more »

“Government service is a noble calling, and if Elon Musk wants to get involved, he ought to put all his assets into a blind trust.   Until then, his work to directly interfere with an agreement Democrats and Republicans made to keep government open and fund a critically needed disaster relief package represents a massive conflict of interest.   If Republicans walk away from… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act.  The bipartisan legislation would correct… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)  reintroduced the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, legislation to simplify and modernize the consumer bankruptcy system and make it easier for people forced into bankruptcy to get back on their… Read more »