Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today approved a House Resolution condemning the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners, but charged that the measure contains glaring and critical omissions, most importantly failing to call for Congressional investigations into Iraqi prisoner abuse.
"For all of their comments on how 'deplorable' they believe the abuse of Iraqi prisoners to… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today urged the Walt Disney Company to reverse its recently announced decision to prevent its subsidiary Miramax from distributing Michael Moore's new documentary, "Farenheit 9/11." In a letter to Senator George Mitchell, Nadler stated that Disney's refusal to release the film stands at odds with America's most cherished values. The… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today repeated his demand that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean up dangerous World Trade Center dust from homes, workspaces, and schools. Nadler's demand follows the release of a report by a consortium of medical researchers, who confirmed that firefighters, rescue workers, and other personnel who responded to the collapse of the World… Read more »
In a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) charged that HUD's recent notice implementing changes to the Section 8 voucher program will result in a lack of funding for all of the existing Section 8 vouchers. Nadler, who led the Congressional effort last year that resulted in an additional $1 billion to… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and other members of Congress today demanded that Karen Hughes, a top advisor to President Bush, apologize for a recent statement she made comparing pro-choice Americans to terrorists. In a letter to the President sent earlier this week, Nadler insisted that Bush urge Ms. Hughes to apologize for her comments.
"President Bush promised in his… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today expressed satisfaction that the Department of Justice backed down from its outrageous decision to subpoena abortion records from New York-Presbyterian Hospital, but demanded that the Department withdraw all of the subpoenas it issued for medical records from hospitals in New York, California, Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Nadler, the Ranking… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today made the following statement at a hearing entitled "Legal Threats to Traditional Marriage":
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today we continue with our second in a series of five hearings on the question of same-sex marriage. Today’s hearing is, curiously, entitled… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today was joined by Holocaust survivors and community activists to urge Chief Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York to distribute $10 million of the $1.25 billion in the Swiss bank claims settlement to construct an assisted living facility for Holocaust survivors in Boro Park, Brooklyn. Nadler made the following statement at a press… Read more »
Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today introduced the High-Risk Non-Profit Security Enhancement Act, legislation that will provide federal funding to help non-profit organizations take security measures to defend themselves from potential terrorist attacks. At a press conference with other members of Congress and representatives of non-profit organizations including the United Jewish… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today made the following statement at a hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act:
Today we begin the first of five hearings on the question of marriage equality, and how to stop it. When I first joined this Subcommittee it was called the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional… Read more »