Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, argued the pressing need to pass the Uniting American Families Act in both the House and Senate in order to remove wanton discrimination against same-sex couples from federal immigration law. Nadler, the House sponsor of the bill since its inception in 2000,… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced a concurrent resolution in the House of Representatives, “[e]xpressing the sense of the Congress that the lack of adequate housing must be addressed as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response… Read more »
Today, at a Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Congressional Oversight Panel field hearing held in his district,
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) testified on the absolute necessity
for TARP-funded banks to start lending money and for more stringent
oversight of those banks that have received federal bailout funds. The
field hearing, held at the Kimmel Center at New York University… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, commended President Obama for his choice of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as nominee to the United States Supreme Court.
“By all accounts, Judge Sotomayor is an exceptional choice for Supreme Court justice,” said Rep. Nadler. “Those who… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) voiced his strong disappointment with the Supreme Court of California’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter ballot initiative which struck down the state’s previous legalization of same-sex marriage. Nadler released the following statement:
“It’s disheartening to see a core constitutional… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), the
senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee, hailed the expected passage of the Federal
Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2009 in the House of
Representatives. Championed by Nadler and his colleagues on the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, this important legislation
will… Read more »
“I want to commend President Obama for his forthright and important
commitment to the rule of law and to open government. He reiterated his
commitment to ending torture, closing Guantanamo, ending the use of
state secrets to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, and respecting the
coequal branches of government. After eight years of a reckless and
lawless administration that acted as if… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) issued this statement on the foiled terrorist plot against New York synagogues and Air National Guard Base:
“I want to commend the N.Y.P.D. and the F.B.I. for their heroic efforts to foil a terrorist plot against the Riverdale Temple and the Riverdale Jewish Center as well as the Air National Guard base. Every day the men and women of the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the senior Democrat from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced the Freight Rail Economic Development Act of 2009, which would provide capital grants for freight rail economic development projects around the country. These capital grants would fund the construction or rehabilitation of rail switches and sidings… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the senior Democrat from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, reintroduced the Transportation Job Corps Act. This key initiative, which could be folded into the comprehensive Transportation Reauthorization bill for 2009, would create a career-ladder grant program within the Federal Transit Administration to help… Read more »