Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Enhancing the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938:"
“Today’s hearing on the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938—often referred to by its acronym,… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of his legislation the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act:
“The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the “MORE Act,” is long overdue legislation that would reverse decades of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 1: Qualified Immunity:"
“More than a century and a half ago, Congress passed one of the earliest civil rights laws… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a full committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cyber Division:"
“This hearing could not be more appropriately timed. Americans today live at a critical juncture in the history of cybersecurity. Our… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today issued the following statement after President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, explicitly designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law:
“With the signing of this historic piece of legislation, President Biden today corrected one of the longest standing injustices in our country,” said… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Dean of the NY Delegation and New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following statement after today's congressional delegation meeting:
“Congress must urgently pass additional funding to address COVID-19 related challenges. Without it, the nation risks losing the ability to develop vaccines for new variants and the continued… Read more »
New York City - Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), led a group of New York Congressional Delegation Members in sending a letter to Governor Hochul, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in support of the “Prohibition of Eviction without Good Cause” bill, which is… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 2116, the CROWN Act of 2022:
"The 'Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act' or the 'CROWN Act,' is a critically important civil rights bill that would explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on "Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change:"
"Thank you, Chairman Johnson, for holding this… Read more »