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Top Democrats Request Identities of Regulatory Reform Task Force Members

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Washington, D.C. (Feb. 7, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. David N. Cicilline, the Ranking Member of the House…

Judiciary Democrats: Republicans Are Complicit in Efforts to Obstruct Justice with Release of Nunes Memo

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a joint statement following the release of the “Nunes memo,” a set of misleading talking points drafted by the Republican staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in an attempt to discredit the Federal Bureau…

Nadler Requests Judiciary Committee Immediately Hear From FBI Director Wray On Nunes Memo

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), to request an emergency briefing with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, on his concerns regarding the “Nunes memo,” a set of misleading talking points drafted by the Republican staff of the House Permanent Select…

Top House & Senate Democrats Warn President Trump: To Use Nunes Memo as Pretext for Firing Deputy AG Rosenstein, Special Counsel Mueller or other DOJ Leadership Would be Viewed As an Attempt to Obstruct Justice in Russia Investigation

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In a new letter to President Trump, top House and Senate Democrats today warned the president that using the newly-released partisan Nunes Memo as a pretext to fire either Special Counsel Bob Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – who is overseeing Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia investigation – would be considered an attempt to obstruct justice and spark a…

Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Republicans Shut Down Nadlers Request for Session to Discuss Nunes Memo Source Materials

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After Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the so-called “Nunes memo” yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), today called on Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), to hold an executive session to allow every Member of the House Judiciary Committee to review the original source materials on which that…

Nadler Praises Legislation to Address Abuse of Athletes, Calls on Congress to Provide Adequate Funding to Support Implementation

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Today, the House passed S. 534, the “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act.”  This bill would help prevent and address instances of abuse of young athletes participating in sports organized under the national governing bodies recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee.  Among other provisions, the bill would authorize the U.S.…

Nadler On Report That President Trump Tried to Fire Mueller

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump ordered White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II, to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June of 2017: “The New York Times report that President Trump planned to fire Special Counsel Mueller over the…

Rep. Nadler Statement on Cecile Richards

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the announcement that Cecile Richards is stepping down as President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America: "Cecile Richards’ integrity, strength, and honesty have been the hallmarks of her more than 10 years at the helm of…

Nadler & Lofgren: We Will Not Support White House Immigration Proposal

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), after the White House announced its new immigration proposal: “Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program jeopardized the lives of…

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