Foreign Policy
Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Arun K. Singh joined Congressman Brad Sherman in celebrating India's Independence Day; about 10,000 attendees were present at this event in Los Angeles.
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Washington, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) led a bipartisan group of 106 House members in a request of $2 million for the U.S.–Israel Energy Cooperation Program in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. Co-leaders of the letter include Congressmen Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Ted Deutch (D-FL).
The appropriations request this year included the highest number of signatories – 106 members of Congress – since the creation of the program in 2008.
WASHINGTON, DC – With another government shutdown looming in Washington, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) pledged to refuse any pay so long as the Department of Homeland Security is also shut down. If a funding bill is not agreed upon by February 27th, the Department will run out of funding and "essential" personnel will have to go to work while not receiving their paychecks. They won't be paid until Congress appropriates funds.
Washington DC - Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding President Obama's proposal for the authorized use of military force.
"I applaud the President for coming to Congress for authorization for the continuing operations against ISIS. However, I oppose the draft he has put forward. First, the limitation on ground troops is not strong enough – ‘enduring offensive ground operations' is a highly elastic phrase which the next president may interpret broadly.
Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), the second ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, announced new Subcommittee roles for the 114th Congress. In the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sherman will serve as the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Asia, and will continue to serve on the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, as the Chairman Emeritus (former Chairman).
Congressman Sherman discusses the US approach to ISIS on the House floor, calling for a Congressional vote on a War Powers Resolution.
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Representative Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, talks about President Barack Obama's plan to degrade the Islamic State and critics of the plan. Sherman speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)