Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced that they will introduce a Congressional resolution honoring the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the theater’s establishment. Citing the theater’s numerous accomplishments, global reach, and unparalleled… Read more »
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it will issue a solicitation for sources to provide federally-funded medical monitoring and treatment to thousands of 9/11 responders who live outside metropolitan New York City. (Click here for a copy of the CDC’s announcement.) In December, the Administration suddenly announced that it had… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today urged his colleagues to adopt H.R. 3733, the FISA Amendments Act. That bill is expected to be voted on today. On Thursday evening, the House held a rare closed session to discuss surveillance legislation in a classified setting in light of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today issued the following statement following the announcement that the House will hold a closed session to review the Bush Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The House is also expected to consider, as early as tonight, H.R. 3733, the… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today renewed his call for Congress to provide legislative checks against the unprecedented and dangerous abuses of powers created, and expanded, by the Patriot Act.
Today, the Justice Department’s Inspector General (IG) issued two reports: one on the… Read more »
Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Thomas Petri (WI-6), House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-14), and Bill Delahunt (MA-10) today introduced legislation that would ensure meaningful judicial determination of the state secrets privilege. The bipartisan bill, the H.R. 5607, the State… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), today issued the following statement on incoming Governor David Paterson. Effective Monday, Lieutenant Governor Paterson will be the Governor of New York, following the resignation of Governor Elliot Spitzer. Rep. Nadler’s statement follows:
“In the more than twenty years that I have been privileged to know David Paterson as a… Read more »
Today, Senators Charles Schumer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez and Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Vito Fossella released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concluding that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) had improved the cost estimation process for World Trade Center health programs over the… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Congressman Bill Delahunt (MA-10), Chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight today expressed disappointment with the failure of the House to override President Bush’s veto of the Conference… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today denounced President Bush for his veto of the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization bill for FY 2008 (H. Rept. 110-478).
That bill contains a provision that mirrors legislation, the American Anti-Torture Act, authored by Reps. Nadler and Bill… Read more »