Pass the FABRIC Act to protect garment workers, improve working conditions, reform piece-rate pay, and invest in domestic garment manufacturing.

Jerrold Nadler · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.83 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Work to pass the FABRIC Act, including protections for garment workers and investments in domestic garment manufacturing.. Promised outcome: Protect workers' rights, bring garment jobs back from overseas, and revitalize the American fashion industry.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 2026 press release from Nadler's congressional office announcing reintroduction of the FABRIC Act during his term as U.S. Representative for New York's 12th District.

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“America's garment workers have been undervalued and subjected to unfair labor practices for far too long, due to weak regulations across the fashion industry and the rise of fast fashion. With more than 100,000 New Yorkers contributing their labor to a billion-dollar garment industry, it is time to protect these workers and others across our nation and make historic investments in domestic manufacturing by passing the FABRIC Act,” said Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “I’m proud to work with Senator Gillibrand to protect workers’ rights, bring jobs back from overseas, and revitalize the American fashion industry.”

Nadler called for passing the FABRIC Act to protect garment workers, invest in domestic manufacturing, bring jobs back from overseas, and revitalize the American fashion industry.

Amid NYFW, Nadler & Gillibrand Reintroduce FABRIC Act To Support Garment Workers And Revitalize The US Fashion Industry | Congressman Jerry Nadler
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Evidence

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Today, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of their Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the recent lookback period, Nadler announced a reintroduction of the FABRIC Act rather than enactment, showing renewed legislative effort but not delivery of the promise to pass it.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Amid NYFW, Nadler & Gillibrand Reintroduce FABRIC Act To Support Garment Workers And Revitalize The US Fashion Industry | Congressman Jerry Nadler
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Mr. Nadler (for himself, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velázquez, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official GovInfo record for the prior House FABRIC Act shows introduction and referral only, with no enacted/public-law status in that record; this supports unresolved status while documenting concrete effort.

unresolved unknown A for effort

H.R. 5502 (IH) - Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act - BILLS-118hr5502ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-17 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment was to pass the FABRIC Act. The verified evidence shows Nadler materially worked on the bill by reintroducing it in 2026 and previously introducing it in the 118th Congress, but it documents introduction/reintroduction and referral only, not enactment or the promised worker-protection/manufacturing outcomes. With no deadline supplied and no verified passage into law, the enactment promise remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%