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Rep. Nadler Continues Fight for LGBT Immigrant Rights

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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today reintroduced the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). This overdue legislation would allow lesbian and gay Americans to sponsor their permanent partners for legal residency in the United States, a right currently enjoyed only by married…

Rep. Nadler Reintroduces Mammogram and MRI Availability Act

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Mammogram and MRI Availability Act, an important women’s health initiative which would require insurance companies that cover diagnostic mammograms to also cover annual screening mammograms for women 40 and older, and MRI screenings for high-risk women. While annual screening mammograms, which are used to detect tumors that…

Nadler, Petri, Conyers, Delahunt and Lofgren Reintroduce Bipartisan State Secret Protection Act

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Congressmembers Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Thomas Petri (WI-6), House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-14), Bill Delahunt (MA-10) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-16) today reintroduced legislation that would ensure meaningful judicial determination of the state secrets privilege. The bi-partisan State…

Maloney, Nadler React to Mt. Sinai 9/11 Health Study

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Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to a report issued today by Mt. Sinai Medical Center showing that more than 24 percent of 3,160 9/11 responders participating in a long-term health study continue to have abnormal lung function more than seven years after the World Trade Center attacks: "Those injured in the…

9/11 Health Bill Reintroduced in Congress

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Today, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), and Michael McMahon (D-NY) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to address the health crisis caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. H.R. 847, the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, would provide medical monitoring and treatment for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World…

Nadler and Delahunt Move to Ban all Forms of Torture by US Officials

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Congressman Bill Delahunt (MA-10), Chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, reintroduced the American Anti-Torture Act of 2009. This critical bill would ensure a single, uniform, baseline…

Rep. Nadler Testifies Before Judiciary Panel About His Bill to Reform Midnight Rulemaking

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Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, rallied his House colleagues to pass new legislation to stem the type of harmful, last-minute regulatory changes proposed by the Bush Administration just before its term ended. At a hearing of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on…

SCHUMER, NADLER UNVEIL ACTION PLAN TO BOOST MASS TRANSIT FUNDING IN THE SENATE STIMULUS WOULD MEAN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE FOR NEW YORK CITY

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With the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) facing an historic budget crunch and New York City commuters on edge about service cuts and the deterioration of the overall transit system, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced that they are joining forces to increase funding for mass transit infrastructure in the economic stimulus package now…

Rep. Nadler Lauds President Obamas Signing into Law of Landmark Womens Rights Bill

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, joined President Barack Obama and Lilly Ledbetter in the East Room of the White House for the signing into law of the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. This critical legislation, the first new significant law of President Obama’s…

Rep. Nadler Salutes Passage of Economic Recovery Bill

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) lauded the passage of H.R. 1, the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, which was approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 244 to 188. This legislation is essential for immediately reinvigorating the economy before it sinks deeper into a genuine, prolonged depression. This $819 billion Plan will create three to four…

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