Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced his strong opposition to H.R. 997, a GOP Judiciary bill to prohibit usage of languages other than English in official government communications, including voter and ballot materials.  At a Constitution Subcommittee hearing on the legislation, Nadler noted that… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2012 in order to bring the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) up to date with advances in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called on Members of the House to reject H.R. 8, the Republican tax proposal to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.  The measure would raise taxes on millions of Americans by an average of $1,000 per year, and increase the deficit by $50 billion in just the first year.  Nadler called for House passage of the… Read more »

Last night, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, helped defeat yet another effort by House Republicans to curtail women’s access to reproductive rights.  H.R. 3803, the “D.C. Abortion Ban Act,” was defeated under suspension of the rules. “This legislation is a flagrantly… Read more »

Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and lead sponsor of the United American Families Act, and Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair Emeritus of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and lead sponsor of the Reuniting Families Act, were joined by 81 additional Members… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Margaret S. Chin, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and State Senator Thomas Duane applauded the agreement between New York University and 505 LaGuardia to maintain long-term affordability at the Mitchell-Lama development. “I am overjoyed that 505 LaGuardia will have a new lease… Read more »

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Bob Turner (R-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure recognition of the plight of the nearly one million Jewish refugees who were displaced from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf as a result of the Arab-Israeli… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, criticized House Republicans for failing to support vital nuclear safety protections.  House Republicans rejected, by a vote of 176 to 243, Nadler’s amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Members of Congress in observing a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics, 40 years ago this summer.  Nadler urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open its ceremony tomorrow with a moment of silence to remember those 11 Israelis and the darkest… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will offer an amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory safeguards under the pretext of curbing excessive bureaucracy.  The amendment would ensure that Americans who live in close proximity to nuclear… Read more »