Madam Speaker, when the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, the towers sent up a plume of poisonous dust that blanketed Lower Manhattan. A toxic brew of lead, dioxin, asbestos, mercury, benzene, and other hazardous contaminants swirled around the site of the disaster as rescue workers labored furiously in the wreckage, many without adequate protective gear.… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today congratulated Rabbi Yitzchok “Jules” Fleischer on his appointment to the United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. The Commission, an independent government agency, works to protect and preserve cemeteries, monuments and historic buildings in Central and Eastern Europe that are linked to the… Read more »
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY) released the following joint statement today after they formally introduced H.R. 3543, the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. (Click here for a full copy of the bill. https://www.house.gov/nadler/wtc/docs/110_HR3543.pdf ) Maloney, Nadler, and Fossella were joined by 46… Read more »
After the tragic attacks of 9/11, thousands of first responders, building and construction trade workers, volunteers, residents, office workers, students and others were affected by the toxins that were released into the air and many are now suffering serious physical problems as a result. Many also experience mental health effects linked to the trauma they faced during the attacks and… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today applauded a federal court’s ruling unconstitutional a key provision of the National Security Letter (NSL) authority vastly expanded by the Patriot Act.
In his decision today in Doe v. Gonzales, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero found that the… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today applauded the Subcommittee’s approval of a bill to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States. The bill, H.R. 2826 was introduced by Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton and Judiciary Committee Chairman John… Read more »
Following Dr. John Agwunobi’s resignation on September 4th as Chair of the Bush Administration’s 9/11 Health Task Force, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Ed Towns (D-NY), Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS)… Read more »
Today, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Ed Towns (D-NY), Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) sent a joint letter (click here for a copy of the letter) to Jim Nussle, the incoming Director of the Office of Management and Budget, urging him to include adequate funding… Read more »
Senator Hillary Clinton (NY), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) today unveiled a newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that details serious flaws in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) second program seeking to address the indoor contamination resulting from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today raised serious concerns to the recently enacted White House proposal to drastically alter the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The law, rushed through Congress right before the August recess, gives sweeping and unnecessary license for the… Read more »