Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today expressed his outrage over reports that an internal FBI audit shows that agents possibly violated the law or internal rules more than 1,000 times while misusing the National Security Letter (NSL) authority vastly expanded by the Patriot Act. The NSL… Read more »

Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and Chris Murphy (CT-05) today introduced The Mammogram and MRI Availability Act, which would require insurance companies that cover diagnostic mammograms or diagnostic breast MRIs, to also cover annual screening mammograms or breast MRIs for women 40 and older.  Although annual screening mammograms, used to detect tumors that cannot be felt, are… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Congressman Bobby Scott, Chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security today held a joint hearing on H.R. 923, The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The hearing is being held on the anniversary of the death of noted… Read more »

Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Debra Brown Steinberg for her reception of the 2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Through its Ellis Island Medals program, the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) honors United States Citizens whose life and work show dedication to community service and the preservation of ethnic heritage. Ms. Steinberg joins an… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will conduct an oversight hearing on Monday, June 25, 2007, at 1:00 P.M, to examine possible violations of the "substantive due process rights" of individuals living and working in the vicinity of the World Trade Center on, or after, September… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) is pleased to announce that $50 million has been included in the 2008 House Labor-HHS Appropriations bill for the World Trade Center Monitoring and Treatment Program. Rep. Nadler, along with 22 representatives, wrote to the Appropriations Committee earlier this year to ask for the funding, as well as the development of a comprehensive approach to 9/11… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today held a hearing titled, "Oversight Hearing on the Constitutional Limitations on Domestic Surveillance," to examine the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program and the Administration’s proposals for expanding… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) the highest ranking member from New York to serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today joined with community, civic and labor leaders to urge Wal-Mart to stand for national security and end its opposition to the scanning of all port containers entering the country. Rep. Nadler’s remarks as prepared for delivery… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today said a decision by a U.S. Military Judge to dismiss the charges in the case of Omar Khadr further shows the need for changes to the Military Commissions Act. Khadr, a Canadian national, was 15 years old when he was captured. In response to the decision, Rep.… Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), along with Subcommittee Chairmen Robert "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), responded to the Justice Department's announcement of a new cime-fighting legislative proposal. "We will certainly carefully consider any proposal submitted by the Department, but I am concerned this may be an… Read more »