Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, named Heather Sawyer as the Subcommittee’s new Democratic Chief Counsel.
“Heather has been one of my closest advisors since she joined the House Judiciary Committee in 2007. She is a top-notch lawyer with a keen ability to… Read more »
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have introduced legislation to level the playing field for visual artists in the United States by establishing copyright protections for their intellectual property.
“Artists and arts organizations make valuable contributions to our communities and strengthen our quality of… Read more »
Today, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and David Cicilline (RI-1), both members of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder. The letter asks questions raised by the February 4, 2014 testimony of Deputy Attorney General James Cole regarding the use of non-court approved surveillance methods, known as National Security… Read more »
Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, lead sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today offered the following joint statement praising the WTC Health Program Cancer Interim Final Rule, which amends the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List) found in the WTC Health Program regulations, and results in four specific cancers -- brain, cervix… Read more »
Today, three senior members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General James Cole regarding his February 4, 2014 testimony about reforming government surveillance programs.
“It is wrong that the NSA collects data on millions of Americans who are under zero suspicion of wrongdoing, some of whom may be Members of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in in support of tomorrow’s “The Day We Fight Back” protest:
“As a proud co-sponsor of the USA FREEDOM Act, I stand in solidarity with those participating ‘The Day We Fight Back’ protest and speaking out against an intrusive… Read more »
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 »