Economy Taxes and Trade
Washington, D.C. - The House Steering and Policy Committee on Thursday appointed Congressman Brad Sherman to a seat on the House Judiciary Committee.
œThe Judiciary Committee is an important forum for issues critically important to the motion picture, television and music industries, which are leading players in the San Fernando Valley economy, Sherman said.
The San Fernando Valley economy remains vibrant and robust. At the heart of our economic success lies the growth and expansion of small businesses. Small businesses fuel our local economy providing innovation and job growth in the San Fernando Valley.
Washington, D.C. - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congressman Brad Sherman that a wave of baby boom retirements increases the importance of shrinking the federal budget deficit. The new Fed chairman also asserted, contrary to claims by the Bush administration and so-called supply-side economists, that "tax cuts do not wholly pay for themselves."
VAN NUYS - Congressman Brad Sherman on Saturday saluted more than 50 soldiers of the 311th Corps Support Command Army Reserve unit based in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
œI am grateful for the service and sacrifices made by citizen soldiers called up for active duty, Sherman said.
Sherman participated in a Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen awards program in Van Nuys.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman called Thursday on President Bush to fire Michael D. Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency director in charge of the badly bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Tuesday that a proposed trade treaty with Central American nations and the Dominican Republic would cost American jobs, fail to protect foreign workers, harm the environment, and cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.
Sherman was among a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers opposing the Central American Free Trade Agreement who were joined at a Capitol Hill rally by representatives from religious, business, labor, environmental and human rights organizations.
Security was stepped up on the Los Angeles bus system, the nations second largest, and on our subways after suicide bombers murdered more than 50 commuters on London subway trains and a bus.
On the day the blasts rocked London and sent shock waves around the world, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was awakened before dawn. He swiftly ordered extra security measures. After that decisive response during one of his first days in office, the mayor then took a ride on an LA subway to demonstrate that we cannot allow terrorists to limit our freedoms.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) criticized President Bushs comments on nuclear proliferation. As the Ranking Member of the House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism, and Nonproliferation, Sherman is the senior Democrat on the nuclear proliferation issue.
Ben Franklin famously said: œIn this world, nothing is certain, except death and taxes. While paying taxes can be painful enough, it is certainly the more preferable of the two options.
[Washington, D.C.] " Today, Congressman Brad Sherman introduced a bill designed to clarify ambiguities in the line of presidential succession -- a statutory change, not a Constitutional amendment.