House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Committee Member Bill Delahunt (D-MA) today introduced the Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009, legislation identical to a bill introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) this afternoon.
The Helping Families Save… Read more »
NEW YORK -- 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 the new federal economic stimulus
package could include hundreds of millions of dollars in… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today sharply criticized the Bush Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services for issuing a final rule on the “refusal clause.” This rule will broaden the power of health care providers to refuse to provide medical care or information… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Richard Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and other senior administration officials for violations of the law relating to the torture… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today saluted a federal court ruling that the National Security Letter (NSL) provision within the USA PATRIOT Act is unconstitutional.
Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit ruled today that the USA PATRIOT Act’s gag… Read more »
This week, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) successfully intervened to prevent the Blythebourne Station of the United State Postal Service in Borough Park, Brooklyn from closing on Sundays. On November 20th, Rep. Nadler received a letter from Brooklyn Postmaster Joseph Chiossone announcing the planned Sunday closure of the Blythebourne Station. As Sabbath observance prevents the… Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) wrote Attorney General Michael Mukasey seeking information about the basis for Mr. Mukasey’s recent assertion that the Administration officials who signed off on torture and surveillance policies believed that their… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY
– In response to last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India,
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) issued the following statement:
“I am shocked and saddened by the horrendous and cowardly
attacks committed against innocent people in Mumbai. I stand in
solidarity with the Indian people and government and offer my deepest sympathy
to those who… Read more »
NEW YORK,
NY – Today, following the
announcement of Senator Hillary Clinton’s appointment to be Secretary of State,
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) issued this statement:
“I am extremely pleased by President-elect Obama’s decision
to appoint Senator Clinton to be Secretary of State. This is not simply good news for the United States but is a genuine… Read more »