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Thursday, 07 October 2010 |
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, New York City Congressmembers Jerrold Nadler, Jose Serrano, Joseph Crowley, Carolyn Maloney and Ed Towns, with Manhattan Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, New York Communities for Change, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, United Federation of Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, and Laborers Local 78, announced an action plan to immediately address the city’s growing problem of dangerous polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in our public schools. They also released two letters directed at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and City authorities responsible for the study and remediation of the PCBs. Included is a letter to the EPA signed by all 13 members of New York City’s House Delegation.
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 |
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to address the health crisis caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, will provide health care for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. The bill will also reopen the federal Victim Compensation Fund to provide economic relief to those harmed by the attacks.
The bill’s passage represents a victory for ailing 9/11 first responders and survivors who have waited nearly nine years for the federal government to approve a comprehensive plan to deal with the public health disaster caused by the attacks. The bill, sponsored by New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), and Michael McMahon (D-NY), with the support of the entire New York Congressional delegation, now awaits action in the Senate.
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Friday, 24 September 2010 |
New York, NY – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, applauded the announcement this evening by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer that the Zadroga bill will be voted on next week on the House floor. Maloney and Nadler released the following joint statement on next week’s vote:
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired a hearing on Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Reform and the Revolution in Cloud Computing. The hearing focused on how the growth of “cloud computing” technologies and services may require reforms to ECPA to ensure that, among other things, standards governing law enforcement access to e-mail and other electronic content is treated consistently under the law, regardless of where such content is stored.
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and longtime advocate for victims of rape, introduced the Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010. This bill would reduce the backlog in unanalyzed rape DNA kits and help identify and prosecute perpetrators of rape across the nation. As experts on rape forensics have long known, and as the New York Times reported this week , DNA evidence is often critical in establishing guilt and bringing convictions in rape cases.
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 |
WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded the Federal Communications Commission decision today which preserves the use of two television channels nationwide for the use of wireless microphones and other so-called “white spaces devices.”
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Friday, 17 September 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s appointment of Elizabeth Warren as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury to oversee the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 |
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, issued the following joint statement announcing that the House Democratic leadership will bring the bill to another vote on the House floor soon after Congress reconvenes, most likely during the week of September 20th:
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Friday, 03 September 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the Boro Park Shomrim for their bravery in protecting the children and residents of Borough Park on Thursday night. Nadler issued the following statement:
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called on President Obama to fire former Senator Alan Simpson from his position as Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in light of Simpson’s recent remarks regarding Social Security. Nadler issued the following statement:
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