Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), House Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) held a press conference to announce the introduction of a package of bills to end the use of forced arbitration in consumer, antitrust, employment, and civil rights disputes.… Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019:
I am pleased that today we are considering H.R. 8, the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.” We have promised the American people that Congress would take steps to… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019:
“When Democrats gained control of the House we promised the American people that Congress would take steps to reduce gun violence. Today we were able to make good on that promise by passing H.R. 8,… Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during an oversight hearing examining the Trump Administration's family separation policy, the first formal hearing held by the Committee on this disastrous policy:
"Two years into the Trump Administration’s wide array of dramatic and damaging immigration… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, 9/11 first responders, survivors, and their families joined with Jon Stewart, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to introduce the bipartisan Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released a letter he sent to the White House and the Justice Department to make it clear that Trump Administration officials should not be permitted to indefinitely delay and avoid answering questions in congressional hearings on the grounds that the answer might be privileged.
The letter is in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their expectation that he will make Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report public “without delay and to the maximum extent permitted by law.” The letter follows news reports that suggest the Special Counsel investigation is nearing an… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Representatives Gregory Meeks, Yvette Clarke, and Adriano Espaillat, announced the reintroduction of the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Education Center Act. This legislation would establish a museum and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with the Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chair, sent a letter to President Donald Trump to demand answers after he declared a national emergency at the southern border and to request hearings with White House Counsel Pat A. Cipollone and Justice Department officials.
In addition to the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), released the following statement on the inclusion in the FY19 Appropriations bill of $650 million in Amtrak Northeast Corridor, a significant portion of which will fund the Gateway Tunnel Project. The bill passed Congress last night and was signed into law by the President today.
"In addition to averting another unnecessary… Read more »