Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today,westand shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity with the Armenian American community to reflect upon the February 1988 Sumgait Pogroms. This tragic massacre sparked a wave of unimaginable acts of horror against the Armenian people, culminating with the murder of approximately 1.5 million Armenians and the forcible expulsion of 390,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan.
It is our collective responsibility to remember this dark saga in history for we were taught that ‘to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time'.
On the 2nd Anniversary of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Congressman Sherman joined CNN to discuss the status of U.S. aid to help Ukrainians in their fight.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On February 14th, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) held an emotional meeting at the United States Capitol with survivors of the October 7th attack on Israel.
"Today I heard the devastating accounts of survivors of Hamas's October 7th massacre," said Congressman Sherman. "Despite witnessing unspeakable horrors - mass murder, rape, torture - these brave survivors continue to make their voices heard. We must defeat Hamas so that these atrocities are never repeated."
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On February 16th, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died while in custody of a Russian prison, following a yearslong struggle against official corruption and President Vladimir Putin's government. Navalny was 47 years old.
Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement in reaction to the passing of Alexei Navalny:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On February 7th, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) joined the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Amir Ohana in the U.S. Capitol to help mark the inaugural House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group and reinforce the special alliance between the United States and Israel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. Khan and his wife were accused in the most recent case of retaining and selling state gifts when the former premier was in power.
WASHINGTON, DC -- On January 26th, the U.S. State Department placed a temporary hold on funding for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following allegations that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in Hamas's October 7th terrorist attack on Israel.
In response, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the House Israel Allies Caucus, issued the following statement: