President Bush released his fiscal year 2007 budget this morning, revealing his intent to slash housing programs critical to New York’s working poor, elderly, and disabled.  The President has consistently shortchanged New Yorkers over his five years in office, and this budget is no exception: his tax cuts for America’s wealthiest are offset by steep reductions in… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler today applauded the Federal District Court in New York for allowing key claims in a WTC-related class-action lawsuit to go forward.  Judge Deborah Batts ruled that EPA, and its former Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, violated residents’ and workers’ constitutional rights by taking actions and making statements that knowingly placed the… Read more »

In light of recent comments about Hamas by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Congressman Jerrold Nadler today urged the Russian Federation to halt all aid to the Palestinian Authority, as long as it includes members of Hamas or any other terrorist group that has not renounced violence.  Yesterday, Congressman Nadler cosponsored a bill in the House of Representatives making the same… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, none of us here deny that some of the provisions of the PATRIOT Act are very useful in fighting the war on terrorism. No one wants the PATRIOT Act to be eliminated, but the PATRIOT Act should be amended to safeguard civil liberties. Section 215 should be amended to provide meaningful protection from abuse by an overzealous government seeking sensitive and personal… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler today joined leading House members as an original cosponsor of legislation to respond to Hamas’s newfound power within the Palestinian government.  The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 would freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and nongovernmental agencies (NGOs) operating in the West Bank and Gaza so long as Hamas, or any other… Read more »

Debate on the Department of Defense Authorization Bill December 18, 2005 “Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the Graham-Levin amendment language contained in this bill.  This provision restricts the jurisdiction of the federal courts to consider habeas corpus petitions from detainees at Guantanamo or complaints about their treatment.  It also would require military… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today demanded that Attorney General Gonzales appoint a special counsel to investigate the President’s apparent violation of law in asking the National Security Agency to eavesdrop, without warrants, on Americans’ international phone calls. In a letter to the Attorney General, Nadler pointed to the language in the Foreign Intelligence… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the Graham-Levin amendment language contained in this bill. This provision restricts the jurisdiction of the Federal courts to consider habeas corpus petitions from detainees at Guantanamo or complaints about their treatment. It also would require military tribunals to ``weigh the value of the… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution: in honor and support of our troops in Iraq, in opposition to our policy on the war in Iraq, and in urging the Republican leadership of the House to grant this an open and adequate debate on the entire question of our policy on Iraq on the floor of this House. Read more »

AMENDMENT NO. 11 OFFERED BY MR. NADLER Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 11 printed in House Report 109-350 offered by Mr. Nadler: Strike section 407. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 621, the gentleman from New York… Read more »