Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first of all, we are told that this is a terrible situation because under current law, given Supreme Court decisions, you have to go to State court; you cannot adjudicate your Federal constitutional rights in Federal court. You can always appeal any final court State decision. If you claim that the Supreme Court of… Read more »

Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee plans to markup the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, H.R. 5825, which seeks to retroactively legalize the actions by the President and his administration. In response, Rep. Nadler and 20 other Members of Congress, called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Bush’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program.… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Penn South Program for Seniors for an outstanding 20 years of service to the naturally occurring retirement community in and around the Penn South cooperative on Manhattan's West Side. When President John F. Kennedy dedicated Penn South in 1962, he said, ``It is the task of every generation to build a road for the next generation. This housing… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, it is altogether fitting that we adopt the resolution commemorating the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States and specifically against the World Trade Center in my district on September 11, 2001. The attacks were unprovoked, dastardly and a notice to us all that we are not, at our choosing, at war. Since that day, this Congress has taken… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today wrote Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez requesting that a Special Counsel be appointed to investigate whether criminal charges should be brought against former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, and against other government officials, for taking actions that may… Read more »

            Mr. Speaker, it is all together fitting that we adopt a resolution commemorating the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States and, specifically, against the World Trade Center in my district on September 11, 2001. The attacks were unprovoked, dastardly, and a notice to us all that we are, not at… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. This bill recognizes the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site as the highest honor the Nation can confer to commemorate and mourn the attacks on this Nation on September 11, 2001, and also the first attack, on February 26, 1993; and supports the efforts of the World Trade Center Memorial… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives today considered a resolution authored by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) that recognized, for the first time, the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of September 11, 2001 and the first attack on February 26, 1993.  The resolution is expected to pass overwhelmingly this… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman for trying to rewrite history regarding her false assurances on 9/11 air quality. In an interview on "60 Minutes" set to air this Sunday, Whitman apparently claims that she advised people on the pile to wear respirators and that the Giuliani Administration was in control of the WTC… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today joined residents, families, workers, and first responders of the World Trade Center disaster to announce the introduction of the 9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will introduce a companion bill in the Senate. "Mt. Sinai's alarming findings that 70% of the more than 9,000 first responders they… Read more »