Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 5748, End Racial Profiling Act of 2010 (ERPA). This critical legislation will eliminate law enforcement practices of singling out people for heightened scrutiny, based on their race, ethnicity, religion,… Read more »

July 15, 2010 – A coalition of Congressional leaders joined Immigration Equality and advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) immigrant families on Capitol Hill today to press for passage of an immigration reform measure which would end discrimination against the LGBT community. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and sponsor of House legislation to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), cheered today’s federal court decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman for the purposes of… Read more »

Last night, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke out on the House floor in strong opposition to supplemental appropriations that will inject an additional $33 billion into the war in Afghanistan. Watch the video clip HERE . “What makes us think, what arrogance gives us the right to assume, that we can succeed where the Moguls, the British, the Soviets, failed?,” said… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke out against the war in Afghanistan , and against the war’s funding, at a press conference of the Out of Afghanistan Congressional Caucus. “Every dollar we spend in Afghanistan, every life we waste there, is a waste,” said Nadler. “An intelligent policy is not to try to remake a country that nobody since Genghis Khan… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the City of New York, particularly the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), for working to restore Section 8 vouchers to 2,600 needy families. Nadler, joined by colleagues and community organizations, had expressed his outrage over the City’s previous errors in… Read more »

Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Michael McMahon, and Eliot Engel today hailed the Senate hearing scheduled for this afternoon on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act , legislation that would provide comprehensive health care and compensation for those who are sick or injured because of the 9/11 attacks. Today’s… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded the House’s final passage of the Conference Report on H.R. 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. This legislation, expected to be signed into law by President Obama, will ensure that the U.S. follows through on its promise to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its dangerous and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hailed the expected and much-anticipated passage of H.R. 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, an essential bill to reform the campaign finance system in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s… 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 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Reform and the Revolution in Location-Based Technologies and Services. Members of the Subcommittee were educated about location-based technologies and services and the current… Read more »