Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) introduced the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act in order to extend critical federal civil rights protections to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) strongly condemned the recent occurrences of hate crimes against members of the Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
He issued the following statement:
“I am outraged by the recent acts of senseless violence and bigotry aimed at members of Brooklyn’s Jewish community. That two such acts of anti-Semitic violence occurred… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke on the House floor regarding H.Res. 1737, In the matter of Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York. He voted to reprimand Rep. Rangel for breaking House rules, and in his statement explained why he believed censure was an excessive penalty that did not conform to previous House precedents.
The following is Nadler’s floor… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) was selected by colleagues to be New York’s official representative on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Nadler will continue to serve as the officer for New York (the largest of the Committee’s 12 regions) and make official nominations for House Committee assignments and policy recommendations for the next… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the Obama Administration for its robust condemnation of the recent report prepared by the Palestinian Authority (PA) denying that Jerusalem’s Western Wall (Kotel) is a Jewish holy site. Nadler asserted that such falsehoods are both outrageous and offensive, and are extremely harmful to the peace process on which both Israelis… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released the following joint statement on the agreement reached today on the lawsuits filed by more than 10,500 workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero:
“The agreement reached today on the 9/11 settlement is a positive… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released the following joint statement on the agreement reached today on the lawsuits filed by more than 10,500 workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero:
“The agreement reached today on the 9/11 settlement is a positive… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired a hearing on Faith-Based Initiatives: Recommendations of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and Other Current Issues. On the heels of the President’s recent executive order on this… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee and the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement in response to the jury verdict in the Ahmed Ghailani terror trial case:
“This trial shows that our legal system works. Despite the fact that misconduct by CIA interrogators during the Bush Administration… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, wrote to federal 9/11 Health Coordinator Dr. John Howard this week and urged him to develop autopsy guidelines that would help doctors better understand the effects of 9/11-related illnesses and track deaths that may have been caused by exposures to toxins… Read more »