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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, condemned the House GOP Leadership’s decision to cancel a vote on $60 billion in Sandy relief that has already cleared the Senate. He issued the following statement:
“Shame on Speaker Boehner for choosing not to act on Sandy relief for the Northeast. This is a betrayal of the millions of Americans who are struggling after Sandy and a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the successful passage last night of legislation to avert a fiscal cliff, provide tax reform, extend unemployment insurance, and postpone the massive spending cuts attached to sequestration:
“While this isn’t a perfect bill, it does provide reforms and certainty to our tax code and postpones painful spending cuts that our nation doesn’t need. This bill will prevent an immediate fiscal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) condemned the National Rifle Association’s proposal for armed guards in every American school as the answer to Newtown and ubiquitous gun violence. Nadler issued the following statement:
“The NRA’s response to the Newtown massacre is both ludicrous and insulting, and they are fundamentally out of step with the American people on the issue of gun violence. Instead of making a sincere and good faith concession toward gun...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced his opposition to the Conference Report on H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, because of its provisions allowing for the continued indefinite detention of prisoners without trial.
“In the last decade, we have begun to let go of our freedoms, bit by bit, with each new executive order, court decision...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in response to the recent murder of 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut with a semi-automatic assault weapon, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) pressed for a federal buyback program to take any assault weapons and high capacity clips which may be grandfathered in as part of future gun control legislation off of the streets and prevent future massacres. Nadler suggested a voluntary buyback program to remove these assault weapons, as well as high-capacity magazines and...
