Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The Clerk designated the amendment.
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be read.
The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the Clerk will report the amendment.
There was no objection.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr.… Read more »
The House of Representatives last night failed to pass an amendment offered by Congressman Jerrold Nadler to reduce the backlog of security checks for immigrants seeking legal status. The amendment, offered to the Science, State, Justice & Commerce Appropriations Act, would have provided $40 million for the FBI’s National Name Check Program (NNCP), which conducts security… Read more »
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler:
At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following:
TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 801. None of the funds made available in this… Read more »
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: Page 4, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $40,000,000)''. Page 10, line 18, after the first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler delivered the following remarks yesterday congratulating Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency response service, on its admission to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Congressman Nadler spoke at a breakfast cosponsored by the American Red Cross of Greater New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council.… Read more »
Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
Mr. Chairman, I must confess I am a little ambivalent about this amendment because the amendment seems to say that we should obey the law, and some people might get the implication if we don't pass the amendment that we are free not to obey the law. The amendment says that ``funds are prohibited from being used to engage in electronic… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution because we should not be echoing the lies we have been fed to justify this cruel and deceitful war. We should not continue pretending that by fighting the war in Iraq we are advancing the war on terrorism.
Our intelligence tells us that only 7 to 8 percent of those we are fighting in Iraq are Islamic terrorists. The other 92 to 93… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following statement during House consideration of H.Res. 861, a Republican resolution on the Iraq war designed to serve as a political wedge.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution because we should not be echoing the lies we have been fed to justify this cruel and deceitful war. We should not continue pretending… Read more »
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, the explanation of this amendment that we just heard is exactly upside down. Exactly wrong and backwards.
The fact is that our amendment would ensure that the level of housing assistance is maintained at the same level as previously; that it is not automatically reduced when public… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Joseph Crowley today praised a $14-million funding increase they had sought for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. Funding for HOPWA is allocated in the Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development (TTHUD) Appropriations Act, which is expected to pass the House today.
Congressmen Nadler and… Read more »