Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join hundreds of thousands of young people across the Nation to ``break the silence'' surrounding the scourge of anti-gay bullying and harassment in our schools. In more than 4,000 schools in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, students have taken a day-long vow of silence to peacefully and poignantly draw attention to the abuse routinely faced by their… Read more »
Hundreds of thousands of students across America today celebrated the National Day of Silence, a day-long demonstration of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peers silenced by discrimination and harassment. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) offered remarks in the House of Representatives praising the participants.
Nadler is a cosponsor of H.Con.Res. 123, a… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today expressed outrage at allegations that U.S. military personnel at Guantánamo Bay are dissuading detainees from seeing legal counsel – and using anti-Semitic stereotypes to do it.
According to a March 27 report in The New York Times, American interrogators have attempted to use anti-Jewish sentiment to instill mistrust of lawyers in… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) strongly opposed the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy at a New York City Council hearing this week. Testifying before for the Standing Committee on State and Federal Legislation, Congressman Nadler criticized the policy as discriminatory and extremely wasteful. His testimony follows.
“Thank… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I did indeed say that there can be Federal court review of due process, obviously. That has happened here. And the Federal court said, ``Not only has Ms. Schiavo's case been given due process in State court, but few if any similar cases have ever been afforded this heightened level of process.''
The difference in this bill is not that it is a review of State… Read more »
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is a dangerously reckless way to deal with one of the most serious issues we will ever confront. There is no way to make these judgments easy, even when the express desires of the patients are clear and unambiguous. Where there is disagreement on the medical facts or on the wishes of the patient, these… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) yesterday introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives expressing the body’s support for the construction of a permanent memorial at the World Trade Center site. New York State’s entire House delegation joined Congressman Nadler in cosponsoring the resolution.
“The construction of a permanent 9/11 memorial is an… Read more »
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose this bill because it is a dangerously reckless way to deal with some very serious issues.
The Committee on the Judiciary was supposed to have a hearing to examine this legislation, or rather another piece of legislation on this subject. This bill was introduced only a few hours ago. That… Read more »
Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of the time.
Madam Speaker, the phrase that the distinguished chairman just read is a catch-all phrase. If a person thinks a court in a State is depriving someone of civil rights they can go into Federal court under a section 1983 action and say that there is an alleged deprivation of Federal rights under current law.
This is far broader.… Read more »
Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today successfully secured $53 million in transportation funds for New York City to the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA-LU), the legislation that authorizes federal transportation programs. The funding will go toward transportation projects in New York City, including road improvements and critical other projects that will… Read more »