Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey about the Justice Department’s record on civil rights and civil liberties at an oversight hearing. The hearing marks the first appearance of Mukasey before the Committee since he became Attorney General.
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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today testified at a New York City Council hearing on Res. 1058, a resolution calling upon the House of Representatives to pass, and the United States Senate to introduce and pass, H.R. 3543, the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Rep. Nadler is one of the principal authors of H.R. 3543.
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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today called on Attorney General Mukasey to appoint a special counsel to investigate the President’s apparent violation of law in asking the National Security Agency to eavesdrop, without warrants, on Americans’ international phone calls. … Read more »
According to analysis conducted today by the Offices of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Queens & Brooklyn), and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D- Manhattan & Brooklyn) the budget proposed by President George Bush severely slashes important services from New York City. The cuts, which include millions for New York cops, homeland security, healthcare, housing and education, were part of the… Read more »
Admin. Canceled WTV Business Processing Ctr. Because They Said it Lacked Funding, Then Weeks Later Fail to Request Adequate Funds in Budget
Today, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Vito Fossella (R-NY) expressed their disappointment after learning that President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2009… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today held an oversight hearing on reforming the state secrets evidentiary privilege. The state secrets privilege allows the government to prevent public disclosure of testimony and materials in litigation if their disclosure would reveal information… 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) sent a letter to former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, requesting his testimony at a hearing to address voter suppression efforts. The hearing will be held Friday, February 8, at 9:30 a.m. Text of the letter is below… Read more »
9/11 responders who were made sick by the toxic air at Ground Zero traveled to Washington today to watch the President’s State of the Union Address from the House Gallery and join federal lawmakers and labor leaders in urging President Bush to include sufficient funding for unmet 9/11 health needs in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget proposal. The lawmakers,… Read more »
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, and Robert Menendez, along with Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Carolyn Maloney, and Vito Fossella today called on President Bush to provide adequate funding for the health programs for the victims of the 9/11 attacks when he releases his budget request on February 4th. According to the National Institute for Occupational… Read more »
NEW YORK CITY – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), whose district includes the site of the World Trade Center, today attended a House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement field hearing in New York City entitled “9/11 Health: Why Did HHS Cancel Contracts to Manage Responder Health Care?”
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