Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) successfully introduced an amendment to restore full funding to the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. The amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, was approved on the House Floor and will increase the DNA program’s funding… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, voiced support for President Obama’s willingness to extend some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, but expressed strong disappointment that health care, retirement and other key benefits are excluded. Nadler issued the following… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired a Subcommittee markup approving his critical legislation to reform the state secrets privilege. The bipartisan H.R. 984, the State Secret Protection Act of 2009, is co-sponsored by Reps. Thomas Petri (R-WI), House Judiciary Chairman John… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today chaired a Subcommittee markup of H.R. 1843, the John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Riot Accountability Act of 2009. This landmark legislation, which comes 88 years after a tragic riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma against local African-Americans, would provide legal… Read more »
In response to the shooting today at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement:
“A deranged gunman shooting anybody is a terrible crime and a tragedy.
But to target a specific community, in this case the Jewish community,
with hatred in his heart makes the act even more heinous and
disgusting. It is… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly
approved Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s (D-NY) amendment calling on the
United States to work with the nations of the former Soviet Union (FSU)
in order to facilitate payment of pensions to FSU émigrés now living in
the U.S. Nadler’s measure amends H.R. 2410, the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, and would… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led the efforts on the House Floor to pass H. Res 515, a resolution expressing the House’s outrage at the tragic attack on Army Privates Long and Ezeagwula in Little Rock, Arkansas. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), condemns the horrific incident, urges justice for the perpetrators, and expresses the House’s hope… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in strong support of H. Res 505, a resolution condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a pro-choice doctor who performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas. This resolution, introduced by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), is a powerful statement in opposition to violence as a means of protest, regardless… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, made the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives in respect to H. R. 2200, the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act:
Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, praised the New Hampshire State Legislature and Governor John Lynch for their fair-minded decision to legalize same-sex marriage. In doing so, New Hampshire became the sixth state – along with Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and Maine –… Read more »