Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chair of the Constitution Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to reports that the President will sign an executive order designed to encourage discrimination against the LGBT community under the guise of religious liberty.  For the past twenty-five years,… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the President's selection of Judge Neil Gorsuch to be his nominee to be the next Supreme Court Justice: "After more than a year of GOP obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee – simply because he was nominated by President Obama – the Senate should… Read more »

Today, following Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning entry from 7 Muslim-majority countries, Democratic Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), John… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who along with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez went to JFK airport Saturday morning to help secure the release of Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Alshawi, delivered the following remarks outside the U.S. Supreme Court condemning Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning Muslim entry into the United… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velazquez traveled to JFK airport to demand the release of refugees being held under the president’s executive order. After meeting with officials from the Custom and Border Patrol agency, one of the refugees, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, an Iraqi translator who helped the United States government, was released.  Reps. Nadler… Read more »

 Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), all members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, in a statement following the New York Times report on a forthcoming Executive Order on “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants.”  The… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Member of the Republican’s former Select Panel targeting Planned Parenthood, spoke on the House floor against H.R.7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Below is a full copy, as prepared, of Rep. Nadler’s remarks: "Madam speaker, there is obviously a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), who has served on the House Judiciary Committee since coming to Congress, was re-elected as the Ranking Democrat on the Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet Subcommittee.  The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction covers information technology, patent and trademark law, as well as Administration of U.S. Courts, Federal Rules… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and the other House Judiciary Democrats in renewing their call to have Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) hold hearings to examine the federal conflicts-of-interest and ethics laws that may apply to President Donald Trump. The members of the committee originally requested a hearing in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), announced that he will continue to serve on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee after being reappointed to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, as well as the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials.  The Highways and Transit Subcommittee has responsibility for the development of… Read more »