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 »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded the release on bail of his constituent, Jacob Ostreicher, from Bolivian prison. Nadler, who has written to U.S. and Bolivian authorities to push for justice, called for a speedy trial and full due process rights for Mr. Ostreicher. He issued the following statement:
“I am thrilled to hear that, after more than 18… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the shooting of dozens of elementary schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut:
“I am absolutely horrified by news of the cold-blooded shooting of dozens of children in Newtown, Connecticut. Yet another unstable person has gotten access to firearms and committed an unspeakable crime against… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) denounced the Bolivian case against Jacob Ostreicher and called for his immediate release. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Nadler called the Bolivian conduct around the case “a serious miscarriage of justice,” and again called on the Administration to push Bolivian authorities to provide justice for Mr.… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded new regulations, announced by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, governing disclosure of electioneering activities by New York State nonprofit organizations. The new rules will require organizations to make transparent their donors, election-related expenditures, and political spending, and were created in order to protect… Read more »