Jerry Nadler

I have long believed that the criminalization of marijuana has been a mistake.

Mandatory minimum penalties are unwise, unjust, and unfair.

It is time for us to Act quickly to advance smart, effective solutions at the federal, state, and local level.

No matter how many times Republicans say that this bill defunds the police, it doesn't change the fact that it does not defund the police. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Missouri (Ms. Bush).

No matter how many times Republicans may say the contrary, Democrats have never called for defunding the police. Mr. Speaker, I now yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries).

No matter how many times the other side says that this bill will defund the police, it does not make it true. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

I would simply point out that this bill does not--all the cities that we talked about, it does not mention any cities. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).

It is precisely because this bill enshrines equality; it is precisely because of the nonsensical nature of the arguments from the other side of the aisle that the Equality Act has been endorsed by more than 500 civil rights, women's…

I now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark).

I now yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Torres).

I now yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).

I now yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).

I now yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Dean).

I now yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal).

I now yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries).

I now yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney).

I now yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stanton).

I include in the Record a number of documents. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Washington, DC, February 25, 2021. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative: On behalf of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under…

This bill does not affect Title IX and, consequently, religious freedom at all. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Garcia).

The lack of competition and anticompetitive conduct is not just limited to social networks or online commerce.

As our country begins to recover from the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis, noncompete and no-poach clauses impede the ability of workers to reenter the workforce or find better jobs.

Earlier this week, Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland quoted Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black for the principle that antitrust law is 'the charter of American economic liberty.'

While I agree that the plain language and legislative history of the antitrust laws are an unambiguous prescription in favor of competition and against monopoly--and, frankly, should be flexible enough for the modern economy--it is…

Domestic terrorism continues to be a serious and lethal threat to our country, and we must do more to stop it.

Statement from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary from the State of New York for the record.