Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement:
Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement today on mandatory minimum sentences is welcome news. I have long been a critic of mandatory sentences because they deny federal judges the flexibility to issue appropriate… Read more »
Congressmen José E. Serrano, Joseph Crowley and Jerrold Nadler today applauded the settlement that was announced today in a lawsuit that New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and New York Communities for Change had pursued in order to force the New York City Department of Education to speed up its replacement of PCB-laden fixtures in schools. Under the terms of the settlement, the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, welcomed $475.25 million in emergency federal relief for Hurricane Sandy-devastated parks and monuments in the Northeast, including key National Monuments in New York City. Through the U.S. Department of the Interior, the funds will go toward… Read more »
(New York, NY) –Today, Congressmen José E. Serrano, Jerrold Nadler and Peter King joined Chief Judge Loretta A. Preska to announce that the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse has received $10.4 million in federal funds to build a new state-of-the-art security pavilion. The security pavilion was planned for shortly after 9/11 but until the intercession of the New… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, introduced legislation to prevent child sex offenders from owning guns. Federal law currently prohibits a person convicted of a felony from buying, selling or possessing guns or ammunition. However, it is perfectly legal if he or she has been convicted of one or… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, spoke in strong support of H.R. 152, the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations bill ($17 billion), and the Frelinghuysen Amendment ($33.4 billion) to provide funding for the Northeast to rebuild and recover from the storm. Nadler again lambasted the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, condemned the House GOP Leadership’s decision to cancel a vote on $60 billion in Sandy relief that has already cleared the Senate. He issued the following statement:
“Shame on Speaker Boehner for choosing not to act on Sandy relief for the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) condemned the National Rifle Association’s proposal for armed guards in every American school as the answer to Newtown and ubiquitous gun violence. Nadler issued the following statement:
“The NRA’s response to the Newtown massacre is both ludicrous and insulting, and they are fundamentally out of step with the American… Read more »
Today, in response to the recent murder of 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut with a semi-automatic assault weapon, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) pressed for a federal buyback program to take any assault weapons and high capacity clips which may be grandfathered in as part of future gun control legislation off of the streets and prevent future massacres. Nadler suggested a… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the shooting of dozens of elementary schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut:
“I am absolutely horrified by news of the cold-blooded shooting of dozens of children in Newtown, Connecticut. Yet another unstable person has gotten access to firearms and committed an unspeakable crime against… Read more »