E-Newsletter: Catastrophic Climate Report Demands Congressional Response
Catastrophic Climate Report Demands Congressional Response The National Climate Assessment (NCA) released last month reaffirms what 97% of climate scientists...
Catastrophic Climate Report Demands Congressional Response The National Climate Assessment (NCA) released last month reaffirms what 97% of climate scientists...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the First Step Act by a vote of 358-36. The U.S. Senate approved the bill 87-12 this past Tuesday. The bipartisan justice reform bill represents one of the most significant improvements of the federal criminal justice system in a generation. The legislation now heads to President’s desk to be signed into law. “I’m proud to support to the First...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's announcement that he will not be recused from overseeing the work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, despite numerous objections from senior ethics officials: "We have asked the Department of Justice, repeatedly and over the course of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of S. 756, the FIRST STEP Act: “I rise today in support of S. 756, the ‘FIRST STEP Act,’ as passed by the Senate. “This legislation has traveled a long journey to get to this point. Along the way, various aspects of the bill changed. Although I do...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee’s oversight hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the first such hearing with DHS since 2015: "Secretary Nielsen, I am glad to see you before our Committee. I am disappointed, however, that it has taken so long to...