Today, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), House Judiciary Committee Democratic Representatives Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) released the following joint statement expressing their strong opposition to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) proposed Section 702… Read more »

“Mr. Chairman, I support the 'Fix NICS Act' as a sensible step to improve our national firearms background check system.  “When we enacted the Brady Act in 1994, we evolved from a waiting period-based system to one that established a so-called 'instant check' through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System – what we… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Peter King (R-NY) together joined as bipartisan cosponsors of H.R. 4396, the Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress (ME TOO Congress) Act of 2017. This landmark legislation, authored and introduced by Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), would fundamentally change the flawed process Congress uses to… Read more »

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee approved by a vote of 27-8 the USA Liberty Act (H.R. 3989), a bipartisan bill that reforms and reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to protect both national security and Americans’ civil liberties. The bill was introduced last month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following statement in support of the USA Liberty Act. The legislation, which passed in the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 27-8, will bring substantial, bi-partisan reforms to the federal… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, delivered the following statement at a subcommittee hearing on Sovereign Immunity in Intellectual Property. Below is Congressman Nadler’s opening statement: "Mr. Chairman, State sovereign immunity is a… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler spoke in opposition to H.R. 469, the Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act, which would create procedural impediments for regulatory agencies to carry out their legally mandated obligations to regulate certain industries. This bill is another in a long line of Big Business friendly, Republican attempts to undermine sensible regulations… Read more »

Today, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, joined with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke out on the House floor against H.R.3697, the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, an extremely broad bill with serious consequences for many innocent, non-gang affiliated individuals. Under the bill, due process protections are effectively shredded by allowing for the designation of criminal… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who authored the  censure resolution introduced last week against President Trump for his comments about the violence in Charlottesville, issued the following statement in response to Speaker Paul Ryan saying that he will not support the… Read more »