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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 |
New York, NY – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, issued the following statement on today’s extension of the deadline (from September 8th to November 8th) to sign up for the settlement of thousands of lawsuits filed by workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero:
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Saturday, 14 August 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents Lower Manhattan and Ground Zero released the following statement in regard to President Obama’s statement on the Cordoba House at the Iftar Dinner at the White House yesterday:
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Monday, 09 August 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) hailed the signing into law of their legislation to create a commemorative 9/11 medal. Nadler and Schumer, representatives of Ground Zero and long-time advocates of those affected by 9/11, introduced and passed the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Medal Act, in the House and Senate respectively. The legislation, signed into law by President Obama this weekend, authorizes the minting of 2,000,000 medals to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and directs $10 of each medal sale to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. The medals will be available starting in 2011.
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Friday, 06 August 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Judiciary Committees, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson expressing his concerns with the EPA’s most recent guidelines on dispersants used during the cleanup of oil spills. Nadler, whose amendment calling for a moratorium on the use of dispersants was included in the House’s CLEAR Act, asked Ms. Jackson to better explain how the Administration will ensure safety for workers, the public and the environment.
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and sponsor of House legislation to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), cheered today’s federal district court ruling that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 |
August 3, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lack of progress in implementing the 100 percent maritime cargo scanning requirement, as mandated by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53), which was enacted into law three years ago today.
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Democrat from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, lauded the increase in transit funding in H.R. 5850, the FY 2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act, which passed the House of Representatives late last night. Nadler, joined by colleagues and the leadership of the Appropriations Committee, fought successfully to increase funding for essential mass transit networks nationwide, to a total of $11.3 billion for transit programs and $79.4 billion for transportation overall. This is an increase of 5% from last year, and will create an estimated 20,000 additional jobs for transit workers around the country. The bill also includes $250 million for operating assistance subject to authorization. Nadler continues to push for more operating funds for transit agencies to stave off service cuts and layoffs.
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) cheered the House’s passage last night of H.R. 5850, the FY 2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act, which will provide funding for the Section 8 and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs, among other vital programs. Nadler, joined by colleagues and the leadership of the Appropriations Committee, fought successfully to increase funding for these essential and chronically underfunded initiatives. The bill contains $19.4 billion for tenant-based rental assistance; $9.4 billion for project-based rental assistance; $75 million for 10,000 new Section 8 vouchers for homeless veterans; and, $350 million for HOPWA, which will provide housing assistance for over 60,000 households nationwide.
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Judiciary Committees, urged passage of H.R. 3534, the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act (the CLEAR Act), which is now being considered on the House floor. The legislation, introduced in response to the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, will increase safety, impose tougher oil drilling standards, increase accountability and eliminate liability caps, and reform federal oversight and contracting processes. Additionally, the bill includes a key provision, offered by Rep. Nadler, to ban the use of chemical dispersants in cleanup efforts until proven safe by the EPA.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives considered 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 , would provide health care for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. The bill would also reopen the federal Victim Compensation Fund to provide economic relief to those harmed by the attacks. Though the bill did not achieve the high, two-thirds majority required for passage under suspension of the House rules, the 255 votes in favor of the bill -including 12 Republicans- show that it will likely have majority support when it is reconsidered under normal rules. The final vote was 255-159.
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