Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Martin Luther King High School Soccer Team, which has achieved a New York City Public School Athletic League record 5th consecutive title this year. Part of the oldest High School sports league in the nation, the MLK soccer team has battled many of the top teams in the City and has continually prevailed. Having been nationally ranked the last 6… Read more »

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today applauded the House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan 9/11 Commission Recommendation bill despite opposition from members of the House Republican Leadership. In November, Speaker Dennis Hastert refused to bring the conference report to the floor after certain Republican Members insisted on politically motivated provisions that… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is pleased to announce that several programs benefiting the Jewish community in New York City received funding in the FY2005 Omnibus Appropriations bill. The funding, which Rep. Nadler helped secure, will go toward community building activities. "It is a pleasure to announce that the House and Senate have recognized the very significant role these… Read more »

Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Robert Wexler, Robert Scott, and Rush Holt announced today that, in response to their November 5 and 8 letters to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the GAO has decided to move forward with an investigation of election irregularities in the 2004 election. The five Members issued the following statement: "We are pleased that the GAO… Read more »

New York, NY-Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is pleased to announce that many programs benefiting the people of the 8th Congressional District of New York have received funding in the Congressional appropriations process. Rep. Nadler worked hard to secure this federal funding which will go toward community building activities. "These projects are designed to make New York City a… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, let me begin by thanking the gentleman for yielding me this time and for his great service to this body, to the people of the United States. And let me express my regret that he will not be yielding time in the future. Mr. Speaker, this bill comes before us is an omnibus bill because we did not take all the bills, vote on them on the floor, and the Senate did not do it… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee,  issued the following statement about FCC Chairman Powell's recent comments. "FCC Chairman Michael Powell's comments on CNBC regarding ABC's Monday Night Football make it abundantly clear that he is less interested in doing his job than he is in becoming the… Read more »

“Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died today. “Arafat will go down in history with the great villains of the 20th Century.  He pioneered in the use of large-scale terror as a weapon of statecraft.  He led where Osama bin Laden followed. “Yasser Arafat lived a life of terror, murdering civilians, including American diplomats, and women and children… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today hailed the lease renewal for American Stevedoring Inc. that was approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.  The new three-year lease provides for continued shipping operations by American Stevedoring's on Red Hook piers 8, 9, and 10 in Brooklyn.  Nadler, who had called on the Port Authority… Read more »

Today Representative Nadler announced his plan to gather information directly from voters and voting rights activists in order to further efforts by Members of the Judiciary Committee and the Government Accountability Office to investigate the voting irregularities that have been reported since Election Day. Rep. Nadler will be using a form on his website https://www.house.gov/nadler… Read more »