Jerry Nadler

Statement from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary from the State of New York for the record.

How do you envision the structure and operation of a reparations commission or task force?

Today we still live with racial disparities in access to education, healthcare, housing, insurance, employment, and other social goods that are directly attributable to the damaging legacy of slavery and government-sponsored racial…

Even long after slavery was abolished, the anti-Black racism that undergirded it reflected and defined part of our Nation's attitudes, shaping its policies and institutions.

H.R. 40 is intended to begin a national conversation about how to confront the brutal mistreatment of African Americans during chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and the enduring structural racism that remains endemic to our society…

Today's hearing on 'H.R. 40: Exploring the Path to Reparative Justice' gives us the opportunity to reflect on the shameful legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in this country and to examine how we can best move forward as a Nation.

It is incumbent upon us to pass these and other measures as soon as possible and to build upon these successes to improve our immigration system to the benefit of our country.

Fortunately, we now have a President who believes the answers to these questions should be yes.

Although we have many legislative priorities this Congress, immigration reform is one of the most pressing and complex.

We have a President who's made it clear that immigration reform is a top priority for his Administration.

We intend to once again take up and pass these and other important bills.

I remain hopeful that this Congress we'll finally get something done.

We have bedrock principle in this country, and that is that all Americans deserve a day in court.

We are asking for the disqualification. And this trial, while we are trying Donald Trump, we are saying to the world, to all Americans that this kind of action will not stand.

We can have all of this, but we have to have accountability, too. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our distinguished majority leader of the House.

I now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Garcia).

I now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Espaillat).

I now yield 30 seconds to distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo).

Madam Speaker, I have faith in the resiliency of our government. We will bring the rioters to justice. Their accomplices in this house will be held responsible.

I support the immediate impeachment of the president and his removal from office. In the wake of this deadly attack on the Capitol, in the face of this insurrection, we must act. There must be consequences. Those consequences must be…

I am proud to have introduced H.R. 3884, the ``Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020,'' or the ``MORE Act of 2020.'' This long overdue legislation would reverse the failed policy of criminalizing marijuana on the…

This is part of a pattern. We saw before in the Stone case, Trump granting clemency to protect an individual who might have implicated Trump in -- quote -- 'criminal misconduct.'

We were able to enact one of these bills, the CREATES Act, into law last year.

The subcommittee has taken a number of concrete steps forward in support of its critical mission to promote open and fair markets.

It has been a pleasure to take part in this historic and bipartisan process.