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Congressman Nadler Joins Democratic Democracy Reform Task Force

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, announced his membership in the Democracy Reform Task Force initiated by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Chaired by Congressman John Sarbanes.  The focus of the new Task Force is to confront the Trump…

Congressman Nadler Joins Top House Judiciary Democrats Asking DOJ and Ethics to Review Kushner Appointment

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Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) calling on the United States Department of Justice and the United States Office of Government…

Congressman Nadler Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Question Sessions on Donald Trump's Conflicts of Interest

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, sent a letter to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to question Senator Jeff Sessions, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated for Attorney General, on issues pertaining to Mr. Trump’s conflicts of…

Congressman Nadler Statement Opposing Midnight Rules Relief Act

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on the House floor opposing the Republican's Midnight Rules Relief Act (H.R. 21). The full text, as prepared, of Rep. Nadler’s remarks can be found below: “Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 21, the Midnight Rules Relief…

Congressman Nadler Statement on Needed Electoral College Reforms

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined fellow Democratic Members of Congress in a forum with bipartisan experts and noted scholars to discuss proposed reforms to the current method of presidential selection.  The forum, entitled “The Electoral College and the Future of American Democracy,” was…

Nadler, Conyers, Cohen Call On President Obama To Release Full Torture Report Before End Of His Administration

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and former Chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, wrote to President Barack Obama to urge that he…

House Judiciary Democrats Press For Hearing On Trump Conflicts

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Today, the Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, led by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), wrote a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) after President-elect Donald Trump’s vague announcement this morning to leave his “…great business in total…,” requesting that the Committee hold…

Nadler, Norton, DeLauro, Speier Ask President Obama to Help Close Gender and Racial Pay Gap by Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Seeking Salary History

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) in sending President Obama a letter urging him to take executive action to prohibit federal contractors from seeking the salary history of prospective employees.  The executive action would make further…

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