US Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the House Constitution Subcommittee, will introduce legislation imposing a moratorium on the implementation of the Administration’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, when the House reconvenes later this month. Sen. Russell Feingold has introduced similar legislation in the Senate.
“Throughout American history,… Read more »
In the 108th Congress, US Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will rise in the ranks of the Democratic Leadership to the role of Assistant Whip in the organization of the House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). In the last Congress, Rep. Nadler was a Regional Whip.
“I am honored that the Democratic Whip has asked me to be one of his top assistants,” said Rep.… Read more »
In the 108th Congress, US Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will rise in the ranks of the Democratic Leadership to the role of Assistant Whip in the organization of the House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). In the last Congress, Rep. Nadler was a Regional Whip.
“I am honored that the Democratic Whip has asked me to be one of his top assistants,” said Rep.… Read more »
With the stroke of a pen, President Bush bypassed Congress and the Constitution today in legalizing government-funded religious discrimination, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said today. Rep. Nadler is the ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives.
In a statement critical of a series of executive orders, which would exempt religious… Read more »
A key study of a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel beneath the Port of New York / New Jersey has received its final installment of Federal money, under legislation recently signed by the President. Should this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prove satisfactory, the tunnel, pushed by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) would be cleared for preliminary engineering, design and construction… Read more »
Lower Manhattan resident Ilona Kloupte is just one example of the hundreds of residents the Environmental Protection Agency continues to place in danger because of its lack of an acceptable cleanup plan for interiors still contaminated by hazardous dust from the World Trade Center collapse. Today, at a press conference inside her home, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) detailed her case -… Read more »
A General Accounting Office (GAO) report released on November 13, and obtained by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), raises serious concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move of the Ombudsman office to the Office of the Inspector General within the EPA.
"This GAO report confirms that the ombudsman function no longer exists at EPA," said Rep. Nadler. … Read more »
The Federal government will assume a large chunk of construction costs and administration of a National Memorial at the World Trade Center site, but be expressly prohibited from dictating its design, or managing the site without local input if a new piece of legislation, introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), passes.
Rep. Nadler was joined by Louise Lo Presti of the Coalition of… Read more »
My heartfelt prayers go out to the family and friends of Senator Paul Wellstone and to the people he so well represented in the Senate. I also express my deepest sympathy to the families of the staff and pilots who died today in the crash of Senator Wellstone's plane.
Paul Wellstone was a perfect example of what all elected officials should be. He stood up for what he… Read more »
Citing the difficulty some downtown residents have encountered in applying for the Federal grant programs offered to them, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reiterated his call for Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh to extend the deadline for one of the most important grant programs.
Previously, in a letter dated Oct. 3, sent to the Director and Governor George Pataki,… Read more »