Jerry Nadler

Mr. Chair, violence continues to take the lives of more than 100 Americans every single day.

The reality is that the issues Ms. Rodas and The New York Times have flagged should not be happening under current law and policy.

Unaccompanied children would undergo their first Immigration Court hearing within 14 days of their border screening.

Conditions in their home countries are pushing these people, kids and adults, out.

Even more alarmingly, the Republicans' bill would subject unaccompanied children to detention in jail-like Customs and Border Protection facilities for up to 30 days, 10 times longer than what is permitted under current law.

The majority's supposed concern for the exploited children that are the subject of today's hearing is hard to reconcile with a bill that would render unaccompanied children more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

This would lead to the summary return of too many children with valid protection claims, the same dangers they fled.

It is critical therefore that federal transportation policies not only try to repair the damage that failed past policies have done, but help prevent such harmful impacts by continuing to protect the ability of communities of all means to…

More proactive and meaningful community participation and engagement on federal projects results in better projects and better use of taxpayer funds.

New York City's murder rate is 18 percent below the national average.

New York City is safer than most cities and even most States in America.

Last year, when we were in control, the Democrats in the House passed very comprehensive gun control legislation.

As a result of DA Bragg's prosecution, two men are currently serving life sentences for the murder of your son.

Most of my friends are so disheartened with you and Mr. Schumer, you don't understand. We wouldn't vote for Mr. Schumer again if we stood on our head.

If you guys would have come out with a statement from Washington and said we condemn this beating to Mr. Borgen's son, we condemn anti-Semitism, we condemn this act, maybe Mr. Bragg would have taken this case a little more seriously.

It is particularly disgraceful that they would use this pretext after doing nothing--nothing--to stop the gun violence that terrorizes our Nation.

Using this Committee to undermine that process as it unfolds is cynical, unethical and, given the violence unleashed on the Capitol by the former President, just plain dangerous.

They are using their public offices and the resources of this committee to protect their political patron, Donald Trump. It is an outrageous abuse of power.

We are here today in Lower Manhattan for one reason and one reason only. The Chair is doing the bidding of Donald Trump.

Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent introduced for the record on April 12, 2023, an article from Politifact that states, quote, We reviewed Bragg's campaign record and found that although he often cited his prior prosecutorial experience…

Our First Amendment protections are precious. There is a reason the Framers enshrined the freedoms of religion, speech, the press, and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for redress as the First Amendment to the…

Gun violence continues to take the lives of more than 100 Americans every day.

The dangerous REINS Act, which we've discussed.

How Congress would ever find the time to go over thousands and thousands of detailed regulations.

I find it telling that we are using the first meeting of this Subcommittee not to discuss how we can better serve the needs of all Americans, but, rather, how we can remove public health and safety safeguards for the sake of higher company…