Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) made the following statement after a recent report that the White House instructed EPA officials to downplay air quality concerns in New York City after the terrorist attacks of September 11: "The Bush White House's so-called "credibility gap" widened further this week, as the New York Times reported that an internal Environmental… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a comprehensive clean-up plan for buildings contaminated by World Trade Center debris. Nadler's demand follows a study published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showing that pregnant women who were in or near the towers of the World Trade Center… Read more »

The House of Representatives has included $250,000 in its Transportation Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2004 for the High Line Project, thanks to a successful funding request by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). The federal funding is an important step in preserving the High Line, a disused freight rail, and converting it into a pedestrian walkway, 1.45 miles in length, crossing… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today chided the State Department for "floating" a desire to decrease foreign aid to Israel unless the Israeli government stops construction of a security fence served to protect civilians from Palestinian terrorists. "The State Department's comments regarding foreign aid to Israel are not only inappropriate, but unfair. Perhaps the… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today praised Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for introducing The Permanent Partners Immigration Act in the Senate. This legislation, which is the companion to Nadler's bill in the House, would extend benefits enjoyed by legal marriages under the U.S. Immigration Law to couples in permanent partnerships. "I am troubled by the President's… Read more »

New York City - Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today joined the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, in touring the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn following reports of abuses of detainees held at the Center. "The Judiciary Committee has the… Read more »

New York-- Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to immediately release $54.5 million in funding to replenish the World Trade Center Business Recovery Grant (BRG) program. The shortfall in money, given to the state in a Community Development Block Grant routed through HUD, has left many small businesses waiting for… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) successfully offered an amendment to the Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2004 that would increase funding for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The House approved the measure by a vote of 217-208. "Every American deserves to live in safe, decent, affordable housing. Section 8 vouchers… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today successfully offered an amendment to the Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2004 that would increase funding for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). "I am pleased that my colleagues in the House recognized the importance of this amendment. At any given time, one-third to… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today made the following statement upon release of a congressional report on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: "Today, a joint panel of House and Senate intelligence committees issued a report on intelligence failures prior to September 11th. "It is unfortunate that much of the information is still being withheld by the Bush… Read more »