Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, applauded the passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the House of Representatives. Rep. Nadler, who has been an original cosponsor of the bill since its inception, spoke in favor of this legislation today on the House… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congressman John Conyers (MI-14), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and their Judiciary colleagues wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute torture… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $34.2 million in federal stimulus funding for three major National Parks Service projects in his district in New York City, including Governors Island, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. These federal dollars, secured through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will be immediately used to upgrade and improve these major… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hailed the progress of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a seminal civil rights bill that would provide law enforcement agencies with more tools to fight hate crimes. Rep. Nadler has been an original cosponsor of the bill since its… Read more »

Today at a House Energy and Commerce hearing, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) testified on the pressing need for federal action to stem the health crisis affecting thousands of first responders, workers, students and community members who were exposed to World Trade Center contaminants after 9/11. At the Health Subcommittee hearing on the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, chaired by… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, praised President Obama for his decision to support further Congressional inquiries into the use of torture and to leave open the door for prosecutions of the Bush administration’s architects of torture. Since 2008, Rep. Nadler has called for a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, praised President Obama and the Department of Justice for releasing four legal memos on the torture of detainees that had previously been concealed by the Bush administration. Rep. Nadler, however, called on the Obama administration to go further and… Read more »

Responding to media reports disclosed today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), along with Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Chairs of the Subcommittees on Constitution and Crime respectively, issued the following statement: We are alarmed to learn, once again, of serious allegations of misconduct concerning the federal… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) reasserted his resolve to combat the mounting rates of thyroid cancer among New York’s immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU). At the annual “Living with Radiation After Chernobyl” Health Conference at the United Nations, Rep. Nadler joined doctors, scientists, elected officials and others committed to studying and… Read more »

NEW YORK CITY – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today applauded the Vermont State Legislature’s resounding vote to legalize same-sex marriage. In an unequivocal show of support for the civil rights of gay and lesbian Vermonters, state legislators voted to override Governor… Read more »