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 hosted by the House Judiciary Committee Democra... Read more »
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 swiftly declassify an... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced his co-sponsorship of the Presidential Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 6340), which would extend current federal conflict of interest laws to the President and Vice President of the United States. Federal conflict of interest law prohibits executive branch office holders from engaging in government... Read more »
This morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) would be his choice for Attorney General. We need an Attorney General who represents the American people’s best interests by fighting to strengthen voting rights, prevent violence against women, and work to reform our broken immigration system, among other priorities. Senator Sessions was denied a federal j... Read more »
Today, 169 members of the U.S. House, including Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent a letter asking President-elect Donald Trump to rescind the appointment of Steve Bannon, former head of Breitbart News, as White House Chief Strategist. The letter was led by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), and although House Republicans were invited to sign on, none did so. “I am appalled and disgusted that Dona... Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler released the following statement after it was announced that Donald Trump has named Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist: “I am appalled and disgusted that Donald Trump is doubling-down on hatred and racism in his very first action as President-elect. “Instead of calling on the nation to end the violence, racism, and bigotry tha... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement concerning the 2016 election results: “Today, we find ourselves at a deeply challenging and demoralizing moment for our great country. Millions of Americans are walking around in a state of disbelief, of grief, anger, and frustration, as a campaign capitalizing on our nation’... Read more »
Joined U.S. Delegation to Israel for Funeral of Shimon Peres With the passing of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, I joined a delegation of Congressional leaders attending his funeral. Following that moving ceremony, during which President Obama spoke eloquently about the life and legacy of Shimon Peres, I wanted to share a few of my own thoughts: From Israel’s formation in... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered the following remarks as part of the Committee’s Oversight Hearing of the Department of Justice with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Congressman Nadler decried Republican concern for Secretary Clinton’s em... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement concerning the tragic events of this past week – the killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, MN, as well as last night’s shooting targeting police officers in Dallas, TX: “The tragedies of the past week are simply overwhelming – ho... Read more »
