Health and Compensation Programs Passed Into Law After Almost Decade Long Fight Set to Expire This Year – Participants in 9/11 Health Program Living in All 50 States and 429 of 435 Congressional Districts Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) announced $1,308,345 in federal funds to reimburse the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) for repairs to the Battery Park Community Center, damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The funding will be provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance Program. “In the aftermath of… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced legislation to level the playing field for visual artists in the United States by establishing copyright protections for their intellectual property.    “Our quality of life is improved when artists and arts organizations can make valuable… Read more »

On the Five Year Anniversary of BP Gulf Oil Spill, Evidence Indicates These Chemicals May Have Been Worse Than The Oil Itself Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler will be attending the landmark marriage equality case being argued before the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 28th. The four cases from Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and Kentucky challenge state laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying and deny recognition to lawful marriages performed by other… Read more »

Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today will introduce the USA Freedom Act. This bipartisan bill… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for serious reforms of our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs during the Full Judiciary Committee markup of the USA FREEDOM Act, which passed by a vote of 25-2. “We rely on law enforcement and on the intelligence community to keep us safe from threats that pose a… Read more »

Editorial boards across the United States have come out in support of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048), a strong, bipartisan bill that reforms our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This bill – introduced by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim… Read more »

The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 338-88 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048). This bipartisan bill – introduced by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual… Read more »

Goodlatte, Sensenbrenner, Conyers, Nadler, Lee, and Leahy: “We will not agree to any extension of the NSA’s bulk collection program.” Read more »