Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), who has served on the House Judiciary Committee for the past 21 years, was selected as the Ranking Democrat on the Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, a choice that is expected to be ratified by the full committee next time it meets. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over copyright, patent,… Read more »

(DETROIT) – Today, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released a report criticizing and calling for an end to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) sweeping telephone metadata collection program. The PCLOB cited the program, currently permitted under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, as having “little unique value” in investigating and preventing… Read more »

(DETROIT) – On this date 41 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, affirming the constitutional right of women to make their own health care choices. In marking this historic anniversary, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)… Read more »

Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) attended President Obama’s address on surveillance reform at the Department of Justice. In his remarks, the President concurred with many of the findings of the Review Group he convened on Intelligence and Communications Technologies—including its recommendation that the government… Read more »

Comptroller Stringer’s office meets with Representative Meeks, offices of Reps. Maloney, Nadler and Jeffries, and labor leaders to hear concerns and issues that a NYCHA audit should address~ Read more »

Funding helps reduce harmful diesel emissions. Money allocated in Omnibus Appropriations Bill after Members called for the funding last spring. Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, stated his vehement opposition to H.R. 7, which would impose unacceptable limits on a woman’s reproductive rights. During a press conference prior to the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on H.R. 7, Congressman Nadler railed against… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, stated his vehement opposition to H.R. 7, which would impose unacceptable limits on a woman’s reproductive rights. At a Constitution Subcommittee hearing on the bill, the Subcommittee’s first hearing of this session of Congress, Congressman… Read more »

New York, NY – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) today called for a restoration of emergency unemployment benefits that have expired for 110,000 New Yorkers and 1.3 million nationwide. She was joined by Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Organizing for Action New York, representatives from New York labor unions and area residents affected by the expiration of benefits. “Right now, for… Read more »

U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, today issued the following statement on the 3-year anniversary of the legislation being signed into law. “Our country made a promise and has a responsibility to care for the first responders, cleanup workers and residents… Read more »