Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 5601), one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S.… Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler issued the following statement on President Biden’s establishment of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the first of its kind to reduce gun violence in America:
“The establishment of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention will build on President Biden’s executive actions to end the scourge of gun… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), reintroduced the bicameral End Employer Collusion Act, legislation that would crack down on collusive "no-poach" agreements that are often used by large franchisors to prohibit franchisees from hiring each other’s… Read more »
Today, the Supreme Court issued its decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, effectively gutting state anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community. In this case, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority sided with a website designer who argued that the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause allowed her to refuse to serve LGBTQ customers seeking her wedding… Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler today delivered the follow remarks, as prepared, at a press conference in New York City responding the House Republicans’ stunt hearing on “violent crime in Manhattan”:
“Thank you all for coming. And I want to thank Mayor Adams and our gun violence prevention advocates for joining us here today.
“In a few minutes, the House… Read more »
Dear Friends,
Once again, Americans nationwide have been rocked by the devastating news of another mass school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. As Chairman of the House Judiciary last Congress, I led the House passage of legislation to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and my Protecting Our Kids Act, a comprehensive gun safety bill to crack down on gun trafficking, ban ghost… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Congressman Mark Takano, Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, together introduced the Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act (H.R. 1204). The bill would cap attorney fees for settlements and claims made by individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act:
"Yesterday, this Committee heard powerful testimony from four survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment about their harrowing… Read more »