Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will offer an amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory safeguards under the pretext of curbing excessive bureaucracy.  The amendment would ensure that Americans who live in close proximity to nuclear… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Northeastern Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, responded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to approve the Spectra Energy NJ-NY Expansion Project, which would run under the Hudson River from New Jersey to Gansevoort Street in Lower Manhattan. Nadler issued the following… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, blasted Judiciary Republicans for putting Americans who live in close proximity to nuclear reactors at increased risk in the event of a catastrophic meltdown.  At a Judiciary markup of H.R. 3862, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012, and… Read more »

A General Accounting Office (GAO) report released on November 13, and obtained by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), raises serious concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move of the Ombudsman office to the Office of the Inspector General within the EPA. "This GAO report confirms that the ombudsman function no longer exists at EPA," said Rep. Nadler. … Read more »