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Jerrold Lewis Nadler is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 10th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented New York's 8th congressional district from 1992 to 2013. Throughout his tenure, Nadler has been known for his work on issues related to civil rights, judiciary matters, and government oversight. He has played a significant role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for progressive policies.
I include in the Record a June 7, 2022, Washington Post article titled ``No, red-flag gun laws don't violate due process rights.'' [From the Washington Post] No, Red-Flag Gun Laws Don't Violate Due Process Rights such laws, also known as…
Too many cities in this country have become a shorthand for mass shooting: Newtown, San Bernardino, Charleston, Las Vegas, Parkland, Santa Fe, El Paso, Buffalo, Uvalde. The list goes on. How many more communities must be visited by tragedy…
I include in the Record a May 27, 2022, piece from CNN titled ``States with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm related homicides and suicides, study finds.'' [From CNN, May 27, 2022] States With Weaker Gun Laws Have Higher Rates…
The evidence doesn't lie. California's rate of firearm mortality is among the Nation's lowest, with 8.5 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2020, compared with 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per 100,000 in Texas. Gun safety laws work…
I include in the Record an article dated May 31, 2022, from The New York Times titled ``California has America's Toughest Gun Laws, and They Work.'' [From the New York Times, May 31, 2022] California Has America's Toughest Gun Laws, and…
You say it`s too soon to take action too soon, my friends, what the hell are you waiting for?
It has not even been 24 hours since last mass shooting, and who knows how long until the next one? Too soon, my friends? What the hell are you waiting for?
My colleagues across the aisle seem to want to talk about everything but the subject matter of this bill, domestic terrorism. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning), to talk about…
I don't understand how you can look at the devastation in Buffalo and the manifesto left behind by the terrorist and not take this issue seriously. I now yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the…
The Anti-Defamation League reported after a study last year that 80 percent of racist violence was from white supremacists--80 percent. Mr. Jordan should take heed of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr…
Unfortunately, this system serves commutations poorly. It serves pardons even worse.
Because the Federal system lacks expungement opportunities for individuals, the only relief they can get from the collateral consequences of conviction is through the clemency process.
I hope that today's discussion provides us with proposals that will enable President Biden and his successors to apply the power of Executive Clemency as the Framers intended--as a tool necessary to the fair Administration of justice that…
Overturning Roe would remove from women the power to decide the fundamental question of whether to carry or terminate a pregnancy.
Too often, we think of human trafficking as something that happens somewhere else, in other cities and in other countries, and not in our own communities.
Would it have helped you to have an attorney assigned to you while the criminal case against your trafficker was going on?
This bill will greatly reduce crime by redefining as not crimes things that are now considered crimes. And by releasing people in jail who should not be in jail, it will produce justice and it will reduce the expenses to the public. Mr…
I would command the attention of the gentleman to the sections of the bill that deal with all the different problems he raised. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen), a member of the committee.
This private right of action is a critical means of holding government officials accountable.
Of course, we need the police and of course, we need the police to do their jobs and of course, we need the police to do their jobs legally.
I just want to point out that we don't need new drilling legislation. There are 6,000 leases which have been granted by the Federal Government which the oil companies are not drilling. They can drill. Madam Speaker, I now yield 2 minutes…
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