Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) issued this statement on H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009:
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reluctantly support the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009, H.R. 2346.
“A lot has changed since we last voted on supplemental spending bills for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The American people have spoken and we… Read more »
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. Stonewall is an essential piece of American history that catalyzed the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement for equal rights. On June 28, 1969, during a… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) applauded the decision by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which is located in Nadler’s congressional district, to the public on July 4th. The National Park Service had closed the crown after September 11, 2001 because of safety concerns. The Service has now studied the issue and taken… Read more »
Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Michael McMahon (D-NY) today applauded the inclusion of $70,723,000 in funding for the World Trade Center Health Programs in President Obama’s budget for Fiscal Year 2010. The lawmakers are sponsors of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (H.R. 847), which would provide more than $10 billion for critical health care… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $274.3 million in federal stimulus funding for two major U.S. Department of Transportation projects in New York City. These federal dollars, secured through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will be immediately put toward construction of the Second Avenue Subway in Manhattan and the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, said that the news that a Justice Department report recommended legal disciplinary action against the authors of the “torture memos” issued by the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration demonstrates the legal necessity of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today lauded the Maine State Legislature and Governor John Baldacci for making Maine the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Maine can now be counted among the nation’s most gay-friendly states, a list which includes Massachusetts,… Read more »
The Chairmen of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees, as well as two key subcommittee chairmen, have written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking a 2005 memorandum dissenting from the Justice Department’s approval of CIA interrogation practices. The memorandum was authored by Philip Zelikow, former Counselor to Secretary of State Rice and Executive Director of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), the senior Northeastern Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, hosted a Transportation Priorities Meeting today in Manhattan, attended by New York’s major transportation leaders and stakeholders. This meeting, the eighth in a series that Rep. Nadler has organized around New York State, was an effort to better understand… Read more »
Today Congressmen Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, bipartisan legislation which provides copyright protections to fashion designs.
“The innovation and ingenuity of America’s businesses will drive our nation’s economic recovery. However, one of our most vibrant industries – the… Read more »