Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, senior Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, questioned Pete Lopez, Administrator for Region 2 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a hearing into the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season. Congressman Nadler asked Mr. Lopez about the EPA’s response in Puerto Rico, including the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee who represents the West Side of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, was in New York following the terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan. The following is Rep. Nadler’s prepared remarks for the Constitution Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 490, legislation to ban abortion at six… Read more »

  Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), and Nanette Díaz Barragán (D-CA) held a press conference with port truck drivers and representatives from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to announce the introduction of the Port Drivers’ Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 4144) and the Clean… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler spoke in opposition to H.R. 469, the Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act, which would create procedural impediments for regulatory agencies to carry out their legally mandated obligations to regulate certain industries. This bill is another in a long line of Big Business friendly, Republican attempts to undermine sensible regulations… Read more »

  Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee, spoke out on the House floor in favor of H.R. 4010, the Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017, which allows the House of Representatives to enforce certain congressional subpoenas… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) authored an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News following President Trump’s announcement that he will decertify to Congress Iran’s compliance with the Iran nuclear agreement, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).   A preview of the Op-Ed can be found below, with the full version… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, delivered the following statement during markup of the Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act, which passed in Committee. The bipartisan legislation, of which Rep. Nadler is an original… Read more »

Today, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, joined with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined 144 Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump, urging a stronger federal response in the wake of Hurricane Maria.  Given the storm’s devastating impact on the 3.6 million American citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the letter raises concerns that federal efforts, thus far, had… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined with House Democratic colleagues in signing a discharge petition to force a vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act (H.R.3440), which would provide a permanent solution to allow young undocumented immigrants brought here as children to remain in this country legally.  The… Read more »