Jerry Nadler

It is a terrible irony that so many of these families undertook a perilous journey to protect their children only to see their children ripped from their arms by those who were supposed to provide refuge.

We will finally seek to hold the administration accountable for its indefensible and repugnant family separation policy.

It is unbelievable that so much harm has occurred to so many people with so little congressional oversight.

DHS snatched screaming children from their parents' arms without bothering to make sure they captured sufficient data to reunite them in the future.

Family separation policy has stained the Nation and hurt our people, leaving families in pain and our Government in shame.

I have served in Congress for almost 25 years, and I have participated in hundreds of hearings, but I have rarely been confronted with overseeing policy choices so dreadful and grave that they fundamentally undermine our standing as a…

Yet we continue to receive reports that families are being torn apart at the border.

Congress is a coequal branch of government. We have a responsibility to conduct oversight. This is a responsibility we take very seriously.

We have provided our Republican colleagues with a meaningful opportunity to weigh in on the process.

The time for this administration to postpone accountability is over.

Mr. Scalise was denied that opportunity. I think that is wrong.

The Second amendment does not prevent the government from enacting legislation to prevent gun violence.

What we have lacked in recent years is the political will.

Too many guns are being used against innocent people, and too many ill-gotten guns are being used against innocent people, and we must put an end to it.

Thank you for this hearing, which is extraordinary, because it is the first hearing on gun violence in more than 8 years in the House of Representatives.

So, we should repeal those restrictions?

Mr. Nadler, thank you for this hearing, which is extraordinary, because it is the first hearing on gun violence in more than 8 years in the House of Representatives.

Him having to put this into the record is something that should be addressed.

I believe if we start this process at a younger age we can spur political participation and engagement in all Americans.

Access and transparency, I know we can all agree, in our voting system is vital to the integrity of our democracy.

Voting really is a foundational right and it is essential that there are as few barriers as possible for registration and participation in our democracy.

I am so excited about supporting this piece of legislation.

I support this legislation because it is past time to move beyond the political game of chicken and reopen these critical government agencies. This Republican-passed Senate bill is not perfect. While it maintains current funding for the…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution authorizing the House to defend the Affordable Care Act in court against baseless but potentially devastating litigation…

We have to find out exactly what was going on. We have to look at the Russian interference of the campaign and what did the president know about that, and to what extent did he cooperate with that, if he did. We have to look at his…