Today, the United States Copyright Office released a new report, updating and reversing its analysis of resale royalties for the first time since 1992. This new analysis is important to visual artists, including illustrators, painters, photographers, and sculptors, and the market for the sale of their work. Many of the Copyright Office’s recommendations will be reflected in the new… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement on his vote in support of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013:
“Over the past few years, Congressional spending has gone entirely in the wrong direction. The sequester, combined with a general collapse in government spending, has been suffocating much-needed human services, dragging down the economy, and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement on the budget deal that just passed Congress:
Despite the reckless efforts by the House Republicans to hold the country and our economy hostage in order to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Senate and the House have now agreed on a compromise to reopen the government and to avert the catastrophe of a Federal… Read more »
We are now in the sixth day of a government shutdown imposed by the House Republicans because the President and the Senate refuse to submit to their blackmail by repealing or delaying the Affordable Care Act. Now the Republicans are threatening to cause the country to default on our debt by refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless the President and the Senate surrender to further… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement on the current budget negotiations:
House Republicans are continuing to demand a government shutdown unless we repeal or delay the Affordable Care Act, an act which was debated during the last Presidential election, passed by both Houses of Congress, and signed by President Obama. The President campaigned for… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement in response to today’s largest-ever strike by fast-food workers:
Thousands of fast-food workers from across the country are boldly standing up for their rights and fighting for a fair wage. A day after the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, it is particularly important to remember that… Read more »
Today, Senators Robert Casey (D-PA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in the Senate, and Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH) in the House, joined by the leaders of women’s advocacy organizations, unions, and business groups from across the nation, introduced critical legislation – the Pregnant… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), author of legislation to repeal the federal debt ceiling, voiced his vehement opposition to the Republicans’ “Pay China First Act” (H.R. 807), which would tie an increase of the federal debt ceiling to payment of debts to China and Social Security, while failing to compensate Medicare beneficiaries, veterans, service members and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, reacted to House passage of a bill that would give the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flexibility as it applies across-the-board budget cuts. Over 3,500 flight delays have been reported since Sunday as a result of the indiscriminate… Read more »
The Honorable Jerrold Nadler
Ranking Member
Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
“Overview of the United States’ Freight Transportation System”
April 24, 2013
Mr. Chairman, let me begin by thanking Chairman Shuster and Ranking Member Rahall for convening this Panel to examine freight transportation in the United… Read more »