Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee released the following statement after Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz from the Justice Department (DOJ) released his report on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe: “The Republicans have been transparent in their work to discredit and distract from the work of the Russia investigation, so let me be clear: the... Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a joint press conference to introduce the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation which would limit President Trump's ability to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and interfere in the Russian election meddling investigation. Below are Ranking Member N... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice has reportedly planned to end the Executive Office of Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Legal Orientation Program (LOP): “The ... Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 5447, “The Music Modernization Act.” “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am very pleased to partner with you on the Music Modernization Act. This comprehensive bill is comprised of several measures intended to resolve some longstanding inequities and inefficiencies in the... Read more »

Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Vice Chairman Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommitt... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the FBI’s executed search warrant on the offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and warned against any potential interference with Special Counsel Mueller’s ongoing investigation, including actions against Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein an... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, “Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities.” The ranking members requested that the GAO in... Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Judge Peter J. Messitte’s ruling on D.C. and Maryland v. Trump in the District of Maryland. Judge Messitte’s ruling today allows the case to proceed, but narrows the scope to violati... Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after the Department of Justice Inspector General announced he is opening an investigation into potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): “It is a shame that the Inspector General has to devote resour... Read more »

Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting information about a recent report that Cambridge Analytica may have violated U.S. election regulations that prohibit high-level strategy or analysis work by foreign n... Read more »