Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a member of the House Transportation Committee, today added $3 million for the New York City Department of Transportation's (NYC DOT) "Safe Routes to Schools" Program to the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA-LU), the legislation that authorizes federal transportation programs. "Safe Routes to Schools" addresses… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today voted against a Congressional Resolution stating that the world and the United States are safer due to the war in Iraq. "The Bush Administration and Republican Congress have their heads in the sand. On the very same day that a Baghdad hotel was destroyed by a bomb, the Administration and their Congressional allies supported and approved a… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today applauded the lawsuit filed by New York City residents, office workers, parents, and students against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to comply with its federally mandated responsibility to clean up buildings contaminated in a terrorist attack. Two years ago, Congressman Nadler launched an investigation into EPA's… Read more »

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today joined leaders of Planned Parenthood NYC in his Congressional District to announce Planned Parenthood's initiative to host the March for Women's Lives Train for Choice to Washington, DC on April 25. Nadler, who was named Grand Marshal of the Planned Parenthood NYC Train for Choice, stated, "The March for Women's Lives is… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today denounced plans by Republican leaders of the House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings to consider a Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Nadler's statement follows: The Constitution should not be used as a political tool by George W. Bush, and as the Ranking… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today joined Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to announce the introduction of the Defending American Jobs Act, legislation that would prohibit American corporations from getting federal grants, loans, and loan guarantees if they lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States than workers in other countries. Nadler is an original co-sponsor… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today applauded Senator Hillary Clinton for her continuing work to ensure that an EPA-initiated panel provides a fair, comprehensive and expeditious review of the environmental conditions that resulted from the collapse of the World Trade Center, and her insistence that a simultaneous testing and cleanup program be commenced. "I thank Hillary… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today encouraged fellow members of the House Judiciary Committee to approve a Resolution of Inquiry introduced by Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) that would direct the Bush Administration to turn over all documents to the House of Representatives relating to the leak of Valerie… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today rebuked President Bush for calling on Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman. Nadler's statement follows: "By stating his support of a Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the President is trying to… Read more »

In a letter to the Bush Administration, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI) today called on the Office of Special Counsel to replace information on its website concerning employee rights with respect to discrimination based on sexual orientation. The text of the letter follows: February 19, 2004 Honorable Scott J. Bloch Special Counsel Office of Special… Read more »