Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest January 2006 No. 1 Vol. 85
Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Re-examining Eminent Domain

The Conflict Between Private Property and Economic Development

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Honorable Jerrold Nadler

United States Representative, New York, Democrat

Representative Nadler, of the Eighth District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the New York Assembly from 1976 to 1992. He sits on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the ranking minority member of the Constitution Subcommittee, and on the Transportation Committee. The following is from the November 3, 2005, House floor debate on H.R. 4128, the Private Property Rights Protection Act.The power of eminent domain should never be abused to take private property for the private benefit of another, and I agree with the concept of the bill,…

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