Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined 9/11 first responders and Manhattan office workers who became sick by the toxic air at Ground Zero to demand health care from the federal government. Along with New York Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY) and Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mr. Nadler spoke to the press about… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today introduced a bill to force a new direction in Iraq. The Protect the Troops and Bring Them Home Act provides that no funds can be used in Iraq except to protect our troops and to arrange for their withdrawal beginning in one month and ending by December 31, 2007.  It also provides that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq cannot be increased at… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) strongly condemns President Bush’s plan to send more troops into Iraq as part of an escalation of the conflict. Rep. Nadler is urging Congress to pass legislation whereby appropriated funds can only be used to protect the troops or bring them home. His statement on the House floor yesterday: Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, what a deaf President we… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today praised the Democratic leadership for bringing H.R. 1 to the House floor.  The bill, likely to pass, calls for implementation of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations, including a provision Rep. Nadler has personally advocated for more than four years ensuring 100% scanning of every cargo container loaded on a ship bound for the United States.… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), presumptive Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: January 3, 2006 Hon. Alberto R. Gonzales Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Mr. Attorney… Read more »

NEW YORK CITY – Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: Yesterday’s New York Times tells the story of two American citizens who were detained for several weeks by the U.S. military while working as contractors in Iraq.  According to the report,… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) is pleased to announce that Ari Goldberg will be his new Communications Director.  Mr. Goldberg was formerly the Senior Public Affairs Officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), an NGO chaired by Madeleine K. Albright that helps people build more democratic societies overseas.  He was also a television… Read more »

CITY HALL – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today joined a rally at City Hall, where community and labor leaders gathered to protest a draft City proposal to close the Red Hook Container Terminal.  After the rally, Rep. Nadler testified to the New York City Council Hearing on the Future of Brooklyn’s Piers 7-12. “It is critical that Brooklyn achieve its… Read more »

Vows a Democratic Congress will "hold EPA accountable" Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing yet another inadequate testing and cleanup program for World Trade Center contamination. The new plan does not reflect the recommendations of the EPA Inspector General issued in August 2003, or the "World Trade Center… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-07) today wrote to Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki, calling on them to abandon their plans to dramatically increase rent for tenants of supportive AIDS housing residences.  On October 4, the city announced significant rent increases for AIDS housing tenants, giving them less than one month’s notice.… Read more »