Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today issued the following statement on the Jena 6 as the full committee held an oversight hearing on the issue:
“Our laws envision an America wherein all children attend school without fear of attack or discrimination based on the color of their… Read more »
NEW YORK CITY – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), the highest ranking member from New York to serve on the House Transportation Committee, today welcomed the decision by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to publicly release the “Project Profile” portion of all Requests for Proposals for the development of the West Side Yard (WSY).
“I applaud the… Read more »
The House Judiciary Committee today adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, to strengthen the judicial oversight of the surveillance programs by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court. The amendment strengthened key civil liberties protections included in… Read more »
I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, I just want to say that the rhetoric on this bill and this amendment is a little disturbing.
Everybody in this Congress, everybody in this committee, both sides of the aisle, are committed to defeating the terrorists and to protecting the American people.
Everybody recognizes the awfulness of what happened in my district on September… Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I am pleased to join you in introducing the Restore Act of 2007. This legislation will, as the name implies, restore the proper role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the maintenance of our national security infrastructure.
Let's get the terms of this debate clear before we begin. No one and certainly not this bill is suggesting that our… Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I rise in opposition to the substitute, the so-called substitute amendment by Mr. Forbes.
I start with the affirmative point. The Democratic bill, the bill before us, gives the administration everything it says it needs in terms of the actual tools to collect intelligence.
It is striking that nearly every comment from the minority today is directed at… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today welcomed the introduction of the Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 (RESTORE Act), introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-14) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre… Read more »
NEW YORK CITY. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today joined with other public officials and leaders at the dedication of the African Burial Ground National Monument, located in his district. The monument, part of the National Park Service, is located at a site in Lower Manhattan where approximately twenty thousand people of African descent, many of them slaves, were… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and Congressman Vito Fossella, today joined with retired New York Giants co-captain and Super Bowl champion George Martin, as well as a bipartisan group of Members from the tri-state area, to rally for sick and injured Ground Zero workers.
Martin, who recently embarked on a 3,200+ mile fundraising walk across the United… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3195, the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007. The legislation, introduced by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-5), would help restore the original intent of the ADA.
“In America,… Read more »