Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX), joined by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), introduced the Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 to protect the rights of living organ donors. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not specify that living organ donors can take unpaid leave to recover from their donation and does... Read more »
Expand Federal Funding for the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Program For more than twenty years, I have been an advocate for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), a federal program that provides housing assistance and support services to the more than 145,000 low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. Housing instability is a serious problem for people living with... Read more »
Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) joined Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1), and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25) in submitting an amicus brief in Zubik v. Burwell on behalf of 123 Democratic Members of Congress (90 House members and 33 Senators). Senator Al Franken and Senator Patty Murray joined by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid led the... Read more »
Lawmakers & 9/11 First Responders hail permanent extension of World Trade Center Health Program, full compensation through September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and original sponsor of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released the following statement after Congress passed the FY16 Omnibus spending bill, which contained legislation providing for a permanent extension of the World Trade Center Health Program, and a five year reauthorization of the V... Read more »
Today, Democratic Members of the Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) released a joint statement along with a letter addressed to Speaker Paul Ryan calling on him to disband the partisan Select Committee in the wake of the attack on a Planned Parent... Read more »
-- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) today announced their support for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act (S. 928/H.R.1786), which would fully extend the World Trade Center Health Program and Victim Compensation Fund. Other veterans’ organizations, including the American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and The United States Army Warrant Offi... Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, was announced as one of six Democratic Members chosen by Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the Republicans' Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health. As a fierce advocate in the House Judiciary Committee championing the constitutional rights o... Read more »
New York, NY-- Members of the New York and New Jersey congressional delegations today united at the site of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks to voice their opposition to new proposals that would make cuts to health care and compensation and only temporarily extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The House Energy and Commerce Committee Majority recently released a di... Read more »
