Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) is pleased to announce that Ari Goldberg will be his new Communications Director. Mr. Goldberg was formerly the Senior Public Affairs Officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), an NGO chaired by Madeleine K. Albright that helps people build more democratic societies overseas. He was also a television… Read more »
CITY HALL – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today joined a rally at City Hall, where community and labor leaders gathered to protest a draft City proposal to close the Red Hook Container Terminal. After the rally, Rep. Nadler testified to the New York City Council Hearing on the Future of Brooklyn’s Piers 7-12.
“It is critical that Brooklyn achieve its… Read more »
Vows a Democratic Congress will "hold EPA accountable"
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing yet another inadequate testing and cleanup program for World Trade Center contamination. The new plan does not reflect the recommendations of the EPA Inspector General issued in August 2003, or the "World Trade Center… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-07) today wrote to Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki, calling on them to abandon their plans to dramatically increase rent for tenants of supportive AIDS housing residences. On October 4, the city announced significant rent increases for AIDS housing tenants, giving them less than one month’s notice.… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Lewis v. Harris, recognizing the rights of same-sex couples to equal benefits under the law:
“I am extremely pleased that another neighboring state to New York has seen fit to grant equal benefits under the law to same-sex couples. In and of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler strongly urged the Regional Commissioner of the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) to re-open a local office in southwestern Brooklyn. The previous office serving Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Borough Park and Dyker Heights – located at 6011 Fort Hamilton Parkway – burned down in a fire this August and has remained closed ever since.… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives considered S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Congressman Nadler delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to the legislation:
"Mr. Speaker, I am not going to get into any of the torture aspects of this bill, but I do want to address the due process aspects of this bill.
The distinguished chairman says we have… Read more »
On September 28, 2006, the House of Representatives considered H.R. 5825, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to the legislation:
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this dangerous and unnecessary legislation. Dangerous… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I am not going to get into any of the torture aspects of this bill, but I do want to address the due process aspects of this bill.
The distinguished chairman says we have created a system of justice with plenty of rights. Well, we have created two systems of justice. First of all, it doesn't have so many rights. You can appeal from the military tribunal, but the… Read more »
Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I want to, first, thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his leadership and his cosponsorship of this bill, also the 35 other cosponsors and the 234 Members of this body that voted for it. It passed just the other day by a margin of 60 votes. Now, it needed two-thirds, so that is the reason for our being here today. But… Read more »