Ranking Member Nadler Opening Statement for House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Hearing on "Overreach: An Examination of Federal Statutory and Regulatory Crimes"
April 30, 2024
April 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release:
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this important hearing. Roughly a decade ago, we learned through this Committee's bipartisan Overcriminalization Task Force--of which I was a member--that there are simply too many federal criminal laws on the books, that their reach is often too broad, and that too many individuals are jailed for far too long because of them.
For too . . .
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this important hearing. Roughly a decade ago, we learned through this Committee's bipartisan Overcriminalization Task Force--of which I was a member--that there are simply too many federal criminal laws on the books, that their reach is often too broad, and that too many individuals are jailed for far too long because of them.
For too . . .