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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents the district where the World Trade Center Towers once stood, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 6287, the 9/11 Memorial Act, which will create a competitive grant program to provide security and operations funding to 9/11 memorials like the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. Congressman Nadler is the lead Democratic... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the anniversary of September 11th: "Seventeen years ago, New York, the country and the world were forever changed. Today, we reflect on the tragedy of that morning, remember those we lost in New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, and join their families and friends in mourning the thousands of lives cut short. We must ... Read more »

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), the original sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2015, led a bipartisan group of 32 other members from the Tri-State Area in urging Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to withdraw his proposal to separate the World Trade Center Heal... Read more »

Yesterday, 9/11 Health Program beneficiaries and advocates came together at the Capitol to demand that Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney withdraw his ill-thought out proposal to separate the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) from National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) direction. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), an... Read more »

Today, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), original sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2015, urged Office of Management & Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to withdraw it’s “ill-thought out proposal” to separate the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) from National Institute of Occupational Safet... Read more »

Remembering 9/11 Dear Friends, Every September 11, I take a few moments to reflect and remember the events of that Tuesday morning. Like every New Yorker, I remember precisely where I was and what I did when I heard the news that two planes had slammed into the Twin Towers. I still recall the eerie silence as I emerged from Penn Station onto 7th Avenue after rushing home from Washington. Knowing t... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the highest ranking Democratic member from the northeast, and Congressman André Carson (D-IN) offered an amendment to HR 2997, the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. The amendment, which passed unanimously by voice vote, increases security on ... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and lead Democratic sponsor of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of overriding the President’s veto on the legislation: “Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of overriding the President's veto of JASTA. JASTA is a carefully cr... Read more »

On the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, A Monument for Those Affected by Ground Zero Toxins Rep. Nadler on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during 9/11 rememberance. As we memorialize those who died as a result of the attacks on September 11th, 2001, we must also remember the victims still with us, and those who have died from exposure to deadly toxins in the days, weeks, months, and years that followed. S... Read more »