Today, Senators Charles Schumer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez and Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Vito Fossella released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concluding that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) had improved the cost estimation process for World Trade Center health programs over the… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago, I joined my colleagues in writing to the President urging him to sign this conference report. This conference report contains a provision that mirrors legislation which I authored with Congressman Delahunt, the American Anti-Torture Act, that would ensure a single, uniform baseline standard for all interrogations conducted by the U.S. intelligence community.… Read more »
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 today expressed disappointment with the failure of the House to override President Bush’s veto of the Conference… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today denounced President Bush for his veto of the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization bill for FY 2008 (H. Rept. 110-478).
That bill contains a provision that mirrors legislation, the American Anti-Torture Act, authored by Reps. Nadler and Bill… Read more »
Governor Eliot Spitzer today joined the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), the New York City Department of Small Business Services and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to announce the Lower Manhattan Small Firm Assistance Program. The $5 million program will provide grants to eligible street level businesses adversely affected by redevelopment construction in Lower… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), today condemned the attack by gunmen at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. Reports indicate that at least eight people have been killed, and at least ten people have been wounded.
“I strongly condemn this latest attack on innocent Israelis,” said Rep. Nadler. “The fact that these… Read more »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today welcomed the approval by the House Foreign Affairs committee of a bi-partisan Congressional Resolution (H.Res.185), which recognizes the plight of hundreds of thousands Jewish refugees who were displaced from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. The resolution was introduced by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Ileana… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today held an oversight hearing on the efforts of the Department of Justice to combat voter suppression. Witnesses included government and legal experts. However, Kenneth Blackwell, the former Secretary of State of Ohio, declined Nadler’s multiple requests to… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today informed his constituents of Ukrainian origin that, according to the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine have announced a resolution to pay “citizens of Ukraine compensation for losses by devalued savings deposited before 2 January 1992 to the USSR… Read more »
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the contempt resolutions. Unfortunately, these resolutions are necessary for Congress to meet its Constitutional obligations and conduct oversight and investigations. We provided many opportunities for the administration to avoid this situation. But here we are.
We are here today to consider issuing contempt citations for former White House… Read more »