Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) issued the following statement on the protests in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers: "The professional athletes who refused to play yesterday represent the best of America. These men and women trained and quarantined to ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. —Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin police officers: "Yesterday afternoon, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back from point blank range by the police. His children watched from feet away. I am heartbroken by this tragedy that has been visited upon the B... Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Department of Justice oversight hearing with Attorney General William Barr: "Thank you for being here, Mr. Barr. According to the Congressional Research Service, this is the first time you have appeared before the House Judiciary Committee—both during y... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Inspectors General (IG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they will both launch investigations into the Trump Administration's use of violent tactics against peaceful protestors in Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere around the country. The DOJ and DHS IGs announced the investigations after House Judici... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, four weeks after the House passed the bipartisan George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (CA-37) called on the Republican-led Senate to take action on the legislation. The law is named for Georg... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) condemned the Trump Administration's use of violent tactics against peaceful protestors in Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere around the country, and demanded that th... Read more »
Dear Friends, George Floyd's murder at the end of May was but another in a long list of black lives lost to police brutality. The protests that followed—weeks of sustained, nationwide anger, with millions of voices joining into one to demand deep-seated, systemic changes to American policing—made it very clear that meaningful action needed to be taken. The House's legislative response to the scour... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration continued to use violent tactics against protestors in Portland, Oregon thro... Read more »
New York, NY — Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman Nadler (NY-10), Representatives Meeks (NY-05), Cicilline (RI-01), Payne (NJ-10), Hayes (CT-05) held a call with regional reporters calling on the Senate to take up the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the House in June with bipartisan support. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act reimagines policing for the 21st Century by ba... Read more »
Dear Friends, Over the past several weeks, we have seen the worst of America—the continued spread of COVID19, police brutality, and the pain and devastation created by generations of systemic racism, injustice and inequality. But we have also seen the best of our collective spirit, as Americans have come together in peaceful protest and continued, especially here in New York, to work together to c... Read more »
