Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined 9/11 first responders and Manhattan office workers who became sick by the toxic air at Ground Zero to demand health care from the federal government. Along with New York Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY) and Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mr. Nadler spoke to the press about… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today introduced a bill to force a new direction in Iraq. The Protect the Troops and Bring Them Home Act provides that no funds can be used in Iraq except to protect our troops and to arrange for their withdrawal beginning in one month and ending by December 31, 2007. It also provides that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq cannot be increased at… Read more »
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mrs. Phyllis Miller upon receiving the Zella Butler Bronfman Award, presented by the UJA-Federation's Task Force on People With Disabilities and the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation.
Throughout her 25-year career, Phyllis Miller has worked tirelessly on behalf of people with developmental disabilities. She taught… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) strongly condemns President Bush’s plan to send more troops into Iraq as part of an escalation of the conflict. Rep. Nadler is urging Congress to pass legislation whereby appropriated funds can only be used to protect the troops or bring them home. His statement on the House floor yesterday:
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, what a deaf President we… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, what a deaf President we have. The American people told him loud and clear on November 7 that we want to change course in Iraq. He doesn't hear them.
The Iraq Study Group told him loud and clear we must change course in Iraq and certainly not escalate; he doesn't hear them.
His generals tell him that more troops won't do any good, will simply increase… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, for the last 4 years I have worked to ensure that no shipping container should be put on a ship bound for the United States until it is scanned for radiation and density, and sealed with a tamper-proof seal. The 9/11 Commission insisted on better port security measures.
Last year, along with Mr. Oberstar, I introduced the Sail Only if Scanned Act. We tried to insert into… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, a few moments ago, the former chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mr. Young of Alaska, was excoriating this side of the aisle and saying that our provisions in this bill for 100 percent scanning of containers were impractical and couldn't be done. I would simply point out that the provision in this bill is word for word the same as the provision… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today praised the Democratic leadership for bringing H.R. 1 to the House floor. The bill, likely to pass, calls for implementation of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations, including a provision Rep. Nadler has personally advocated for more than four years ensuring 100% scanning of every cargo container loaded on a ship bound for the United States.… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), presumptive Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
January 3, 2006
Hon. Alberto R. Gonzales
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Dear Mr. Attorney… Read more »
NEW YORK CITY – Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
Yesterday’s New York Times tells the story of two American citizens who were detained for several weeks by the U.S. military while working as contractors in Iraq. According to the report,… Read more »