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Ranking Member Nadler Floor Statement in Opposition to H.R. 6136 the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act: “I strongly oppose H.R. 6136.  Far from being the ‘moderate’ and ‘compromise’ bill that has been advertised, this bill is extreme and…

Ranking Member Nadler Floor Statement in Opposition to Chairman Goodlatte's Securing Americas Future Act (SAFE Act)

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 4760, the Republican Securing America’s Future Act (SAFE Act), introduced by Chairman Goodlatte: “This legislation is nothing more than a wish-list of the far-right anti-immigrant…

Ranking Member Nadler Statement for the Hearing on Examining the Need for New Federal Judges

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on “Examining the Need for New Federal Judges.” “Mr. Chairman, ‘access to justice’ is not just a political slogan, it is a constitutional…

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. …

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