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 »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on his refusal to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States: “The rhetoric and actions of Donald Trump have been so far beyond the pale – so disturbing and disheartening – and his continued failure to address his conflicts of interest, to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, announced his membership in the Democracy Reform Task Force initiated by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Chaired by Congressman John Sarbanes.  The focus of the new Task Force is to confront the Trump… Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) calling on the United States Department of Justice and the United States Office of Government… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, sent a letter to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to question Senator Jeff Sessions, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated for Attorney General, on issues pertaining to Mr. Trump’s conflicts of… Read more »