Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 677, the 21st Century President Act: "H.R. 677, the "21st Century President Act," modernizes current law criminalizing threats against former presidents and their families by removing gendered… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 1569, a bill to addFlagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona: "H.R. 1569 would add Flagstaff and Yuma… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 2368, the Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act: "H.R. 2368, the "Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019," would provide important mental health and suicide prevention… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 1986, the Effective Prosecution of Biological Toxins and Agents Act: "H.R. 1986, the "Effective Prosecution of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2019," would correct a "scrivener’s… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced Hope Hicks, former senior Trump Campaign official and former White House Communications Director, will be appearing for a transcribed interview with the Committee on June 19. The interview will include questions related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on theConstitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on the need to reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: "Eighteen years ago, on September 11, 2001, Osama bin… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following floor statement in support of H.Res. 430, a resolution authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes: "Mr. Speaker, when a… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that he had reached an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over obtaining key evidence in the Mueller Report related to possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. Chairman Nadler made the following statement: "I am… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks for the hearing "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes," the first of a series of hearings the Committee will conduct focused on the alleged crimes and other misconduct laid out in Special Counsel… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee's first hearing on abortion rights in the 116th Congress. The hearing, which took place in the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, focused on threats to reproductive rights at the… Read more »