U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced that the company selling imitation 9/11 coins to the public has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it deceived consumers. In 2010, Schumer and Nadler passed legislation that created an official 9/11 medal to support the National September 11th Memorial and Museum at the… Read more »

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced new legislation, entitled The Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013, to eliminate the federal debt ceiling, a law they view as unnecessary and increasingly an impediment to Congress’s ability to further economic recovery.… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, spoke in strong support of H.R. 152, the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations bill ($17 billion), and the Frelinghuysen Amendment ($33.4 billion) to provide funding for the Northeast to rebuild and recover from the storm.  Nadler again lambasted the… Read more »

Today, House LGBT Equality Caucus Members Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Cicilline (D-RI), and newly sworn-in Members of Congress Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) denounced the House Republican move to include additional funds to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, condemned the House GOP Leadership’s decision to cancel a vote on $60 billion in Sandy relief that has already cleared the Senate.  He issued the following statement: “Shame on Speaker Boehner for choosing not to act on Sandy relief for the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the successful passage last night of legislation to avert a fiscal cliff, provide tax reform, extend unemployment insurance, and postpone the massive spending cuts attached to sequestration: “While this isn’t a perfect bill, it does provide reforms and certainty to our tax code and postpones painful… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) condemned the National Rifle Association’s proposal for armed guards in every American school as the answer to Newtown and ubiquitous gun violence.  Nadler issued the following statement: “The NRA’s response to the Newtown massacre is both ludicrous and insulting, and they are fundamentally out of step with the American… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced his opposition to the Conference Report on H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, because of its provisions allowing for the continued indefinite detention of prisoners without trial. “In the last decade, we have begun to let… Read more »

Today, in response to the recent murder of 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut with a semi-automatic assault weapon, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) pressed for a federal buyback program to take any assault weapons and high capacity clips which may be grandfathered in as part of future gun control legislation off of the streets and prevent future massacres.  Nadler suggested a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) denounced the GOP’s continued push to cut Social Security benefits through recalculating inflation – within a process known as chained CPI – during the current fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress.  The current average earned benefit for a 65 year old on Social Security is $17,134.  Using chained CPI would result in a… Read more »