House Judiciary Committee
Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil
Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Foreign Affairs Chairman
of the International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee,
Bill Delahunt (D-MA), today called on Attorney General Michael Mukasey to
appoint a special counsel to investigate the rendition… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY
– Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and sick and injured World Trade
Center responders
gathered today at Ground Zero to demand that the Bush Administration reverse
its decision to fire Dr. John Howard, Director of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). As NIOSH Director, Dr. Howard administered federally-funded health… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on
the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today welcomed a ruling by
Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the chief judge for the Northern District of
California, that reaffirmed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(FISA) is the “exclusive means for foreign intelligence surveillance activities
to be… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today condemned the recent terrorist attack
along Jaffa Street
in downtown Jerusalem. Reports indicate that at least three people
have been killed, and at least 66 people have been wounded.
“I strongly condemn this attack,” said Rep. Nadler. “This act of terror has not only caused the
death and injury of innocent civilians, but it… Read more »
Upon hearing from the Government
Accountability Office that the Justice Department was not cooperating with its
investigation of the Civil Rights Division, House Judiciary Committee Chairman
John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Rep.
Melvin Watt (D-NC) sent a letter today urging the Department to increase its
transparency. "We have also received… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), the highest ranking member from New York serving on the
Transportation Committee, today urged his colleagues to adopt H.R. 6052, the
Saving Energy through Public Transportation Act of 2008. That bill, expected to pass the House today,
would give an additional $1.7 billion in grants to help mass transit
authorities handle increasing… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on
the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties today held an oversight
hearing on the role that Bush Administration lawyers played in creating,
developing and implementing interrogation policies that have resulted in the
widespread abuse of detainees in U.S. custody and control.
“The rules for these… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
today lauded the House for passing H.R. 3195, the Americans with
Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. That bill was adopted on a
vote of 402 to 17.
“This bill will restore the Americans with Disabilities
Act to its rightful place among this… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
today held a meeting where the Subcommittee adopted a resolution
“authorizing the Chairman to issue a subpoena to compel the testimony
of Douglas Feith.” Lawmakers also approved H.R. 3189, the National
Security Letters Reform Act of 2007, a… Read more »
Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Vito Fossella, and Peter
King today announced that the proposed Labor, Health and Human Services
(HHS) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2009 will contain $108
million in federal funding to provide health care to first responders,
local residents, area workers, students, and others who were exposed to
environmental hazards released as a result of… Read more »