Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House voted to adopt an amendment led by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA),Congressional India Caucus Vice Chair, and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Congressional India Caucus, as part of the annual defense authorization bill. The historic, bipartisan amendment calls for the strengthening of the U.S.-India defense partnership in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific region.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House voted to adopt an amendment led by Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) as part of the annual defense authorization bill. The amendment calls for an investigation into Azerbaijani war crimes that were committed against Armenians in Artsakh.

We are thrilled that, after many years of advocacy for a Voice of America (VOA) Sindhi language program, Voice of America announced that it has launched a Sindhi language webpage.

There is perhaps nowhere in the world more important for the United States to battle extremism with public diplomacy than in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state with significant security challenges. VOA outreach in Pakistan will be far more effective with VOA communicating in the Sindhi language.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Congressional India Caucus Vice Chair and Member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act with Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Co-Chair of the India Caucus and Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) to strengthen the U.S.-India defense partnership in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific region.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-30) recently introduced H.R. 7704, the Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act,to proactively deter further Chinese aggression against Taiwan:

Washington, D.C. – Today the House passed Congressman Brad Sherman's (D-CA)H.R. 7066 theRussia and Belarus Financial Sanctions Act which directs U.S. financial institutions to ensure their subsidiaries, including foreign branches, comply with U.S. sanctions against Russia and Belarus. This legislation representsan important step towards enhancing the effectiveness of the U.S. sanctions imposed to cripple the economies of Russia and Belarus in response to the historic act of aggression against Ukraine.

On April 19^th, Congressman Sherman was invited to co-host a reception at the Republican Club for Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide and Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States Fitsum Arega. The invitation was sent by former Congressman Jack Kingston, whose lobbying firm represents the Government of Ethiopia. (A copy of the invitation can be viewed here.)

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), who Chairs the Subcommittee on Investor Protection and Capital Markets, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), who Chairs the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and thirteen House cosponsors introduced the Russian Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Act of 2022.