Jerry Nadler

Like the last measure that we just debated a few moments ago, this measure, which passed the Committee on the Judiciary unanimously, has the support of all the Members on both sides of the aisle on that committee. Again, the chairman has…

I am glad we defeated the attempt to eliminate that last week. The people, in dealing with 245(i), are not criminal aliens, but this bill that does deal with criminal aliens and people who are here illegally, I simply want to commend the…

Which is considered the safest investment, aside from putting it under the mattress or investing it in private stocks or bonds which are less safe; you must buy government bonds, and that is what has been done with it. What would you do…

Okay. My question is what would you do with--my understanding of the trust fund has always been that since 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the law has always provided that all money that comes into Social Security that is not paid…

Call it what you will. We have been taking the money out of the Social Security trust fund and using it to fund the deficit. And what you are proposing----

These decisions ought to be made on the basis of the health and scientific evidence. That is why the Clean Air Act asks the EPA to update this data every 5 years. They have done that. We should not interpose a political judgment. If we…

It is one piece of property, first of all. This only applies to one piece of property, by its terms. A particular address is set in the bill. This particular piece of property has already been declared not usable for McKinney Act purposes…

I do think this bill should contain a specific amount. I would be willing to withdraw this amendment if we have the agreement that we will try to work out by Tuesday a specific amount which we would then put into the bill and, if we do not…

This bill is seriously deficient because it reneges on our national commitment to create decent affordable housing. This bill provides absolutely no specific funding to make any new housing available to low income or moderate income…

Let me simply submit that this whole dialogue or colloquy is a good argument why in this instance on the basic policy question, not the details which we can leave to the locals but on the basic policy that senior citizens and disabled…

As I understand what the gentleman is saying, if you have a functional housing authority, they will make the decision. But with respect to my question where you do not have a functioning housing authority, HUD will decide on who is…

So in other words, in those areas where there are dysfunctional or incompetent housing authorities, no public agency would make the decision. It would be left up to some private agency. There would not be any public policy body in either…

I am asking a question you are not answering. In those districts where you are defunding the local housing authority, where there are bad and dysfunctional and horrible housing authorities, if a senior citizen, a disabled person in a…

Let us not hear as an argument that Washington should not try to dictate to the local governments; because sometimes we do in this very bill. Sometimes we do not. The question is, is it appropriate, and why is it appropriate or not…

What I am proposing is that the gentleman would amend the amendment to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be expended from the land and water conservation fund established by Public Law 88-578 for the…

I am not going to debate the habeas corpus provisions. The fact of the matter is, as I recall, we already passed that bill on the floor of this House. I disapproved of it, but it is a separate debate, a separate question. What is involved…

Reclaiming my time, it is never a valid argument against an amendment that the people supporting the amendment may or may not support the bill. The question is, What does the bill look like at the end? I cannot tell you right now what the…

If many of the other changes that I and others on this side have suggested are adopted, I would certainly consider it.

I would simply observe the gentleman's substitute does very little, as you heard from those figures, to undo the inequity of the committee formula. The gentleman's substitute should not be adopted. The amendment of the gentleman from…

New York loses $318 million. Under the gentleman's substitute, how much would it lose?

I want to join with the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] in expressing my shock, outrage, and contempt for what was said on the floor of this House a little while ago. To express gratuitous bigotry when the subject of…

Mr. Chairman, this is a vital amendment. The HOPWA Program providing funds for housing for people with AIDS, for people who are dying, not only will save money, does save money, as my colleague from New York says, it provides money for…

But what the gentleman is doing goes further. What the gentleman is saying is the cap of 3 times economic damages $250,000, and we are going to deny part that have to the victim. If you want to say we should not have any cap at all, then…

Yes. Reclaiming my time, that is exactly the point. There should not be a cap on punitive damages necessary as a deterrent but to avoid unjust enrichment. I can understand the cap on the recovery to the victim. But to cap the total award…

Reclaiming my time, sir, I think they do understand. We do not have a problem with the present law. But of course this bill would change the present law and what the Christian Legal Society and the National Association of Evangelicals are…