Mr. Chairman, I will rise to support this amendment which would reverse the shameful policy forbidding women in our Armed Forces from using even their own funds to pay for an abortion at a safe U.S. medical facility abroad. It is truly sad and disgraceful that our current policy requires women who are serving their country to sacrifice their constitutional right to an abortion if they so… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today introduced legislation to protect Section 8 housing from conversion to private-market rentals. The Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act would provide two federal dollars for every dollar a state invests in affordable housing, including preservation, operating costs, capital expenditure, and acquisition.
There are over half a million… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time.
Mr. Speaker, the debate on stem cell research challenges all of us to think carefully about the value we place on human life. Many of us turn to our faith traditions for guidance and wisdom. None of us has the right to legislate our religious beliefs and impose them on others. But as Members look to the teachings of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today spoke on the House floor in favor H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005. Congressman Nadler countered the argument that supporters of embryonic stem cell research oppose “people of faith.” Many faiths, the Congressman said, demand the exploration of stem cell research as a promising tool in the religious… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 57th Anniversary of Israel's Independence Day.
Having long been the victims of discrimination and persecution, and fresh from the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust, the Jewish people of the world were successful in establishing an independent state in May of 1948. Thanks to their heroic efforts, Israel was born as a pluralistic… Read more »
Madam Chairman, I rise in strong support of the amendment to increase funding for the NEA and the NEH. Without this amendment, the continued flat funding the President requested this year will really amount to another cut. I wish we could return to the days of the first President Bush when the arts were funded at $175 million. The amount we are asking for today amounts to little more… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, 36 years ago, Republican Senator Howard Baker took to the Senate floor during a Republican-led filibuster of Abe Fortas, President Johnson's nominee to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Baker justified the Republican filibuster by stating, ``On any issue the majority, at any given moment, is not always right.''
Some people might be surprised that… Read more »
During a House Judiciary Committee markup today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called on Congress to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The Committee considered a bill to grant “special immigrant status” to 50 foreign translators who have been working with the American military. Congressman Nadler pointed out that under the U.S.… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time.
Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 4 years ago, fanatic Islamic terrorists attacked our country, hijacked our planes, rammed the Pentagon, and destroyed the World Trade Center that was located in my district. This is deadly serious business, and we do not have a dime to waste. This bill, while certainly an improvement over… Read more »
The House of Representatives today passed new legislation that would shift allocation of homeland security funds away from state-based minimums and toward a distribution system based primarily on risk. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) advocated for passage of H.R. 1544, “The Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act.”
“There are real, known terrorist… Read more »