Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which expands federal funding for the PPP small business program and provides new funding for hospitals and to expand testing across the country. A copy of Rep. Nadler’s full remarks are below:… Read more »
Washington, D.C. —Last week, Attorney General William P. Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell invoked the “state secrets” doctrine to prevent 9/11 families from obtaining documents necessary to pursue their lawsuit against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its alleged complicity with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In response, House… Read more »
Washington, D.C. —Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce For Intellectual Property and U.S. Department of Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu requesting information on the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Representative Max Rose (D-NY), and Co-Chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), introduced the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020. This legislation would expand an existing federal program to ensure that public safety officers who… Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) issued the following joint statement calling on the Trump Administration to explain the legality of the decision to suspend the rights of asylum seekers in the United States:
“We… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the chairs of multiple House Committees sent a letter condemning President Donald Trump’s assault on Inspectors General (IGs) and requesting direct input from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency on legislative and other proposals to increase the independence of IGs and protect them from retaliation.
“Unlike any… Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, the Democratic Members of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, led by Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons requesting documents regarding the FTC's investigation of Covidien's acquisition of rival medical… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit went into effect in 2012, over 60 million… Read more »
Washington, D.C. —Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence requesting that ICE take more aggressive measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in detention facilities, including release of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. —Today, in response to reports that President Trump ordered the removal of the independent watchdog tasked with leading the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee overseeing the COVID-19 federal stimulus funds, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement:
“The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented crisis for this country, not only… Read more »