Read Representative Jerrold Nadler’s Letter

JERROLD NADLER

12TH DISTRICT, NEW YORK

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

RANKING MEMBER

Congress of the United States

House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

NADLER.HOUSE.GOV

December 4, 2024

Dear Democratic Colleague:

It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary

Committee these past 7 years. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to help lead our party’s efforts to

preserve the rule of law and to provide for a more just society that respects the civil rights and civil liberties of

all Americans.

Under my leadership, the Committee responded to some of our nation’s biggest challenges. When Donald

Trump and his administration threatened the rule of law and our democratic order, I led the Judiciary

Committee’s efforts to hold him accountable for his various abuses of power, culminating in two historic

impeachments. As the epidemic of gun violences rages on, we advanced historic legislation to keep Americans

safe in their communities, leading to enactment of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act—the first significant

gun safety legislation enacted in a generation. When the Supreme Court threatened to undermine protections for

same sex marriage, we enshrined marriage equality in the law with passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.

When the nation watched in horror as George Floyd was brutalized by police, we advanced legislation to hold

law enforcement accountable, while also working to ensure that our communities have the tools and resources to

keep our citizens safe. As Republican voter suppression efforts took hold across the country, we passed

legislation named after our beloved late colleague, Rep. John Lewis, to protect this most fundamental right to

vote. We worked to repair our broken immigration system with legislation to protect Dreamers and to prevent

another Muslim ban. We brought forward the Equality Act, the first comprehensive civil rights legislation

protecting the LGBTQ community. We worked to provide justice to victims of the deadly September 11th

attacks and other victims of terrorism. And we worked to preserve access to justice in the federal courts, protect

consumers from corporate abuses, lower prescription drug prices, and preserve a strong intellectual property

system that promotes innovation and drives economic growth.

The Committee also shined a light on critical issues, such as threats to reproductive freedom and bodily

autonomy in the wake of the Dobbs decision, the need for further criminal justice reform and ending mass

incarceration, the ethics crisis at the Supreme Court, and proposals to strengthen our antitrust laws to preserve

and promote healthy competition in the marketplace.

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