Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) released a draft of the No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act, legislation that would exclude investments in China, Russia, Belarus, and Iran from eligibility for lower capital gains tax rates. Sherman is currently recruiting cosponsors for the bill.

Washington, D.C. -- On Wednesday, January 17th Senate and House leaders hosted family members of the hostages for a press conference and candlelight vigil following their 100th day in Hamas captivity.

"My colleagues and I mourn 103 days since Hamas' October 7th massacre," said Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) after the conclusion of the vigil. "Over 1,200 innocent Israelis were killed that day, more Jewish deaths than any day since the Holocaust. Since then, too many innocent Israelis and Gazans have been killed due to Hamas' criminal tactics."

The Hamas Ceasefire Plan

Hamas says it wants a ceasefire. Here's their proposal:

Rampage – October 7^th. 1,200 Israelis murdered.

Retreat – don't stay and fight in Israel – retreat behind Palestinian human shields.

Regroup – Hamas needs a month or two ceasefire to regroup its military forces and prepare the next attack

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the one-month anniversary of Hamas terrorists' deadly attack on Israel, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA 32^nd District) hosted a press conference on Capitol Hill with five families of hostages from the war in Gaza to ensure their loved ones are not forgotten as the crisis in the Middle East continues. Congressman Sherman's Congressional colleagues joined the event, including Congresswoman Kathy Manning (D-NC 6th District) and Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY 10^th District).

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), author of the original Israel visa waiver legislation, welcomes President Biden's announcement that visa-free travel for Israelis to the United States will begin today. The announcement comes after an October 11th letter by Sherman and 23 bipartisan Members of Congress urging the Administration to begin visa-free travel for Israelis immediately.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus, and the most senior Democrat on the House of Representatives-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group, has been outspoken on the need to support Israel since the start of the horrendous attack by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023.

Washington, DC - Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced the Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act that enhances sanctions enforcement and implementation against terrorist organizations that use innocent civilians as human shields - a scheme Hamas terrorists are employing during their horrendous attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) joined Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24), along with Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Max Miller (R-OH), and Brad Schneider (D-IL), to help introduce the "Operation Swords of Iron" Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act that would appropriate $2 billion for Israel's Iron Dome defense system.