Foreign Policy
Washington, D.C. -- Today we remember and honor the lives lost during the Armenian Genocide - one of the darkest chapters in human history. We just commemorated Yom HaShoah - the Holocaust - and we were taught that to forget the name of the victim is as if to kill them again. That's why today we pause to honor and remember the 1.5 million Armenians who were tragically murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 because genocide denial is the first step in the next genocide.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former Chariman of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, authored a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding Democracry and human rights in Pakistan.
Los Angeles, California -- Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former Chair of the House Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific, joined the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles banquet in honor of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her visit to Los Angeles.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged all parties to adhere to rulings issued by Pakistan's Supreme Court regarding the Punjab election case.
"Just spoke to former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan," said Congressman Sherman. "He also spoke to my friend, Dr. Asif Mahmood. Spoke about today's Pakistani Supreme Court decision."
Sherman concluded: "For democracies to function, the parties must adhere to the rule of law and rulings of the Supreme Court."
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 19 members of Congress in re-introducing the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act – bipartisan legislation that calls for serious, urgent diplomatic engagement in pursuit of a formal end to the Korean War.
35 years ago today, Azerbaijani mobs attacked Armenian residents of Sumgait, setting off pogroms that would last days and spread to multiple towns. These events led to unspeakable crimes - not only murders of Armenians, but also brutal acts of torture, rape, and immolation.
This week, Congressman Tom McClintock and I, with the support of over 160 members of Congress, reintroduced H.Res.100. Our resolution will put Congress on the record as standing with the Iranian people in their fight for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic of Iran and condemning the ongoing human rights violations and state sponsored terrorism of the current Iranian regime.
Washington, D.C. -- Israeli police say at least seven people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem in what police chief Yaakov Shabtai described as "one of the worst terror attacks in the past few years."
"Horrified and outraged to learn that, yet again, an act of Palestinian terrorism has stolen the lives of innocent Israeli civilians - this time, at least 7 attending Shabbat services," said Congressman Brad Sherman. "Equally horrifying are images of militants handing out sweets to 'celebrate' this evil act."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Armenian Caucus, led a press conference, along with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and In Defense of Christians, to urge immediate action on Azerbaijan's continued brutal blockade of Artsakh.