Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Republican leadership for attempting to ram through Congress Medicare legislation that will be far more damaging than beneficial to seniors' health care. Nadler stated, "Today the Republicans are closer than they have ever been to accomplishing their goal of forcing America's seniors into private insurance plans and… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today introduced bi-partisan legislation entitled the "September 11th Tax Correction Act," a bill that would change current law that imposes federal taxes on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds aimed at inducing business owners and residents to remain in lower Manhattan. "When Congress appropriated funds to help businesses and… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) expressed outrage over a Brooklyn jury's verdict that found five police officers were justified in the shooting death of Gidone Busch, a 31-year-old Hasidic Jewish man with a history of mental illness. Nadler's statement regarding the jury's decision is as follows: "I am very shocked and saddened that the jury on the Gidone Busch case… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today applauded the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision ruling that same-sex couples have an equal right to wed under the state constitution. Nadler expressed hope that the state legislature would follow suit by codifying the rights now recognized by the Court. "The Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling is pro-family and pro-marriage… Read more »

Says “Ford must follow through” on Pledges to Stop Funding Anti-Semitic Groups Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today announced that he has received a formal response from the Ford Foundation to his inquiries regarding recent reports published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency alleging that the philanthropic organization had funded groups that openly instigate anti-Semitism… Read more »

Congress has included $500,000 in the Transportation Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2004 for the High Line Project, thanks to a successful funding request by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The funding was included in the Transportation Conference Report, which is expected to be approved by both the House of Representatives… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today made the following statement in response to President George W. Bush's signing of the so-called partial birth abortion ban: "For the first time since Roe v. Wade, a president has criminalized an abortion procedure, severely threatening the law that protects a woman's right to choose. The so-called partial birth abortion ban was never… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) met today with Susan Berresford, President of the Ford Foundation, following recent reports that the organization has funded groups that openly instigate anti-Semitism and/or attempt to de-legitimize Israel and oppose its right to exist. In a letter to the Ford Foundation, Nadler called on the philanthropic entity to better monitor organizations that… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today was joined by Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) to introduce a resolution recognizing the 900,000 Jews who were driven out of Arab states in the years leading up to and following the creation of the State of Israel, and to urge the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to permanently resettle Palestinian… Read more »

At a hearing held today by the House Government Reform Committee on the health effects of September 11th, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) made the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's failed response to 9/11: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing today regarding the health effects of the September 11th terrorist attack on those who… Read more »