Foreign Policy
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman followed-up on a brief conversation with President Obama on Monday evening and on a letter he sent Tuesday, sharing his concerns about a proposed communique to be issued by the G-20 nations and its impact on congressional discretion.
Washington, D.C. - Federal spending legislation passed by Congress today includes $2 million for U.S.–Israel energy cooperation. This funding represents the first appropriation for a program originally sponsored by Congressman Brad Sherman as the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) hosted a telephone town hall yesterday evening, fielding questions from a number of the thousands of constituents who participated from the comfort of their own homes.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-27) today issued the following statement regarding a congressional resolution, H. Res. 34, which recognizes Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirms the United States' strong support for Israel, and supports the Israeli-Palestinian peace process:
Washington, D.C. - Sherman Oaks, CA – On Tuesday, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) demonstrated in front of the Office of Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Nonproliferation. The demonstrators demanded the cancellation of a subcommittee hearing on whether American foreign aid is going to organizations affiliated with terrorists.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman joined today with his colleagues to introduce the bipartisan Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act in the House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved and sent to the Senate bipartisan legislation by Congressmen Brad Sherman and John Shadegg to fund joint research by Americans and Israelis into alternative energy sources.
œCutting-edge research by top scientists from the United States and Israel could reduce our reliance on foreign oil by promoting more efficient uses of traditional energy sources and by developing energy alternatives, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Thursday joined Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon at a Capitol Hill press conference to congratulate Israels disaster relief and first-aid organization on its admission to the International Red Cross.
œThis long overdue but historic moment in Middle East humanitarian cooperation ends nearly 60 years of injustice, said Sherman, who cosponsored congressional resolutions that pressed the case for Magen David Adoms acceptance into the International Red Cross.