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Top Judiciary & Homeland Democrats Condemn Trumps Executive Order

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), released the following joint statement on President  Donald Trump’s family separation executive order: “Donald Trump created a humanitarian crisis when he mandated that children would be ripped from their…

House Democrats Gather in Front of U.S. Capitol to Introduce Keep Families Together Act, Legislation to End Family Separation at the Border

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Today, House Democrats, led by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, legislation to end family separation at the U.S. border. H.R. 6135 is the House companion to legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Diane…

Nadler Introduces Keep Families Together Act to End Family Separation at the Border

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led more than 190 House Democrats in introducing the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, legislation to end family separation at the U.S. border. In addition to Rep. Nadler, original House cosponsors of the legislation include: Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Luis…

Ranking Member Nadler Statement at Joint Hearing with DOJ Inspector General

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing with the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  And thank you, Inspector General Horowitz, for being here today. “In the days since you released your report,…

Ranking Member Nadler Statement in Opposition to H.R. 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act

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Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act.”  “I rise in opposition to H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues…

Nadler and Cummings Issue Statement on DOJ IG Report on FBI Actions Before Election

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Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election: “The…

Judiciary Democrats Demand Hearings on Trumps Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy as Republicans Attempt to Silence Their Voices

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Today, during a House Judiciary Committee markup,  House Judiciary Committee Democrats called for hearings on the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has led to a surge of family separations at the border and recent policy changes to strip asylum protections from domestic violence survivors. …

Top House Democrats Demand Answers & Documents from DOJ Following Refusal to Defend ACA

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led a letter signed by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), to…

Statement of Ranking Member Nadler for the Markup of H.R. 5954, the Anti-terrorism Clarification Act of 2018

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 5954, the “Anti-terrorism Clarification Act of 2018.” “Mr. Chairman, I am proud to be the lead Democratic cosponsor of H.R. 5954, the “Anti-terrorism Clarification Act of…

Statement of Ranking Member Nadler for the Markup of H.R. 4423, the North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 4423, the “North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017.” “Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose H.R. 4423, which takes aim at legal challenges to a single construction project—namely,…

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