Demonstrating a near unanimous show of continued support for one of the most crucial transportation projects in the New York region, Congress today approved $5 million dollars for an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and preliminary engineering designs for a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel. The appropriation was made as part of the Transportation Appropriations package. “Today, my colleagues from ... Read more »

An elderly homebound woman who lives in Independence Plaza in Tribeca found herself on Thursday, September 12th without the ability to refill the prescription for her critical heart medication. She, along with thousands of others Downtown residents and business owners, have reached out to their elected officials, to get help with a unimaginable variety of problems associated with the fallout of th... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today announced the formation of a “Ground Zero” Elected Officials Task Force to address the ongoing needs of the Lower Manhattan community, which has been devastated by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The Task Force includes all elected officials at the city, state and federal level whose districts include the debris area of the attack. The purpose of th... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, the World Trade Center is in my district, and I just this moment returned from traveling in the district with the President, walking through the ruins of the World Trade enter, where there are thousands of bodies buried. I have spent much of my career speaking out against the use of military force when I believed it was unwarranted. In many ways, my political awakening began with my a... Read more »

"I am most grateful for the opportunity the President afforded me today to travel back to my district in New York, and to tour the damage with him. The recovery and rebuilding process is going to be a long and difficult one, and the President's words and actions today provided a much-needed lift to the many brave men and women working on this effort, as well as all New Yorkers. I stand ready to wo... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents the area of lower Manhattan destroyed this week, today introduced legislation which would expedite the process for payment of a Federal benefit to the families of public safety officers who were lost in the line of duty, in relation to Tuesday's attack on America. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is introducing similar legislation in the Senate. Rep.... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Congressman whose district includes the site of yesterday’s attack in New York, today will be meeting with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, to receive a briefing on the damage to lower Manhattan, and touring the damaged area of New York with representatives of FEMA. More information on that will be available later today. In addition, he has been in contact with New York Sena... Read more »

Saying that what should have been an historic opportunity to tackle worldwide racism has itself deteriorated into a platform for racism and anti-Semitism, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today declared his support for Secretary of State Colin Powell’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the United Nations World Conference on Racism. Powell’s decision came on the heels of news that language denouncing Isra... Read more »

Seeking to get detailed answers on a controversial decision by the U.S. Department of Justice, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today directly questioned Attorney General John Ashcroft on the death of one of his constituents, and requested a briefing on the matter by Justice Department officials. The questioning revolved around the decision yesterday by Alan Vinegrad, the interim United States attorney ... Read more »

Twenty years ago the medical world was riding a wave of confidence. Our scientists had conquered polio, tuberculosis, small pox, you name it. We were ready for any new challenge. But no one was prepared on June 5th, 1981 for the crisis that was to come. Some thought this new discovery to be a rare pneumonia, others a new form of cancer. It attracted minor attention at the time, but little did we k... Read more »