Today, New York Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Joseph Crowley applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing new guidelines for the remediation and safe disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from light ballasts in school buildings. The guidelines are in response to mounting evidence that thousands of public schools nationwide – including… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed, for the second time, legislation to address the health crisis caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, will provide health care for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. The bill will also reopen the federal Victim… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, joined President Obama, Members of Congress, and discharged LGBT service members at a signing ceremony for the repeal of the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. Nadler was the first Member of Congress to… Read more »
Today, Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-Queens, The Bronx), José E. Serrano (D-The Bronx) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced the introduction of legislation to help school districts clean up polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated schools. The Safe Schools, Healthy Kids Act will establish a federal funding stream to assist school districts, like New York City, that are… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement on the House floor during debate on the rule for H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010:
“Mr. Speaker, I oppose this bill, however the rule comes out, for several reasons:
“Number one, if this bill passes, we will extend the upper income tax cuts,… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, City Councilman Domenic Recchia, State Senators Diane Savino and Carl Kruger, and State Assembly Members Alec Brook-Krasny and Steven Cymbrowitz called on the City of New York to take a more comprehensive look into possible materials to use for repairs and replacement of the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk. In a joint letter to Parks Department… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, cheered the House’s passage of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010, and vehemently reiterated the need for an immediate repeal of this unproductive and discriminatory policy.
Nadler issued the following… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, the authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, responded to a litany of misrepresentations made by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) about the Zadroga Act -- most recently in an op-ed Enzi wrote in yesterday’s New York Daily News. Maloney’s and Nadler’s point-by-point rebuttal of Enzi’s op-ed… Read more »
Today at Ground Zero, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, the authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, joined John Feal of the FealGood Foundation, Catherine McVay Hughes of Manhattan Community Board 1, dozens of 9/11 responders and survivors, and union leaders to demand that Senate Republicans stop obstructing the passage of the Zadroga… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, expressed their disappointment following today’s vote on the Zadroga Act in the U.S. Senate. Even though it was supported by 58 Senators, the Senate failed to reach agreement to begin debate on the bill.
“It’s sad that Senate Republicans… Read more »