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Congressman Nadler Joins 50 Democratic Colleagues in Letter Demanding Trump Remove Steve Bannon from National Security Council Post

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 Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Congressman Ted Deutch in delivering a letter to President Trump signed by over 50 Democratic Members urging him to restore the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence to their appropriate posts on the Principals Committee of the…

Congressman Nadler Joins More Than 100 Members of Congress to Call for DHS Briefing This Week on Trump Muslim Ban Executive Order

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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined more than 100 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and House Judiciary Committee Member Pramila Jayapal…

Rep. Nadler Opposes Trump's Supreme Court Pick

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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the President's selection of Judge Neil Gorsuch to be his nominee to be the next Supreme Court Justice: "After more than a year of GOP obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee – simply because he was nominated by President Obama – the Senate should…

Democratic Members Take Action to Assist People Unlawfully and Unfairly Detained Under Trumps Executive Order

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Today, following Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning entry from 7 Muslim-majority countries, Democratic Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), John…

Congressman Nadler Statement Condemning Trumps Unconstitutional, Discriminatory, Morally Reprehensible and Dangerously Stupid Executive Order

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who along with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez went to JFK airport Saturday morning to help secure the release of Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Alshawi, delivered the following remarks outside the U.S. Supreme Court condemning Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning Muslim entry into the United…

Conyers, Nadler, Cohen and Raskin to Trump: Torture is Wrong and Your Black Sites Order is Illegal

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 Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), all members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, in a statement following the New York Times report on a forthcoming Executive Order on “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants.”  The…

Congressman Nadler Blasts Republican Legislation Making it Nearly Impossible for Women to Exercise their Constitutional Rights

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Member of the Republican’s former Select Panel targeting Planned Parenthood, spoke on the House floor against H.R.7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Below is a full copy, as prepared, of Rep. Nadler’s remarks: "Madam speaker, there is obviously a…

Congressman Nadler Re-Elected Ranking Member on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, as well as Member of the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), who has served on the House Judiciary Committee since coming to Congress, was re-elected as the Ranking Democrat on the Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet Subcommittee.  The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction covers information technology, patent and trademark law, as well as Administration of U.S. Courts, Federal Rules…

Congressman Nadler Statement on Refusing to Participate In Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on his refusal to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States: “The rhetoric and actions of Donald Trump have been so far beyond the pale – so disturbing and disheartening – and his continued failure to address his conflicts of interest, to…

E-Newsletter: Speaking Out Against President-elect Trump's Extremist Nominees

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Speaking Out Against President-elect Trump's Extremist Nominees Last night, I spoke on the House floor during a Congressional Progressive Caucus Special Order Hour to address the extremist nominees being put forward by President-elect Donald Trump. As I said in my statement, this new Administration represents a philosophy that seeks…

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