“Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died today. “Arafat will go down in history with the great villains of the 20th Century.  He pioneered in the use of large-scale terror as a weapon of statecraft.  He led where Osama bin Laden followed. “Yasser Arafat lived a life of terror, murdering civilians, including American diplomats, and women and children… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today hailed the lease renewal for American Stevedoring Inc. that was approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.  The new three-year lease provides for continued shipping operations by American Stevedoring's on Red Hook piers 8, 9, and 10 in Brooklyn.  Nadler, who had called on the Port Authority… Read more »

Today Representative Nadler announced his plan to gather information directly from voters and voting rights activists in order to further efforts by Members of the Judiciary Committee and the Government Accountability Office to investigate the voting irregularities that have been reported since Election Day. Rep. Nadler will be using a form on his website https://www.house.gov/nadler… Read more »

November 8, 2004 The Honorable David M. Walker Comptroller General of the United States U.S. General Accountability Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Walker: We write to follow-up on our urgent November 5 request that the Government Accountability Office immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and new technologies used in the… Read more »

November 5, 2004 The Honorable David M. Walker Comptroller General of the United States U.S. General Accountability Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Walker: We write with an urgent request that the Government Accountability Office immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and new technologies used in the 2004 election, how… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following letter to President Bush asking him to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to follow its legally mandated procedures to clean up hazardous contamination from the terrorist attacks in New York, and adequately protect the public health and environment. The letter follows recent pleas to EPA by community groups… Read more »

In a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat John Conyers (D-MI) and Representatives Melvin Watt (D-NC) and Robert Scott (D-VA) in demanding that the Department of Justice investigate charges that a GOP-funded organization purged voter… Read more »

In a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) stated that funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) should be suspended until members of terrorist organizations are removed from its staff. Nadler's request follows the recent revelation that members of the terrorist organization Hamas are employed by UNRWA. Nadler's letter… Read more »

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today hailed a State Supreme Court ruling overturning the decision by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) to close the 72nd Street northbound exit from the West Side Highway. The decision to close the ramp was made by DOT in response to a request by Hudson Waterfront Associates, developers with Donald Trump of the Riverside South… Read more »

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today criticized the House Republican Leadership for opposing legislation endorsed by the 9/11 Commission that implements its recommendations, and for instead forcing a vote on a politically motivated bill that undermines our civil liberties and includes extraneous provisions that the 9/11 Commission opposes. Nadler's floor statement on the… Read more »