U.S. - Israel Relationship
Congressman Sherman has served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee where he has worked to support the U.S. - Israel alliance.
Sherman is currently the Co-Chair of the House Israel Allied Caucus and the most senior Democrat on the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Below are some of Sherman's recent efforts to strengthen the special bond between the United States and Israel.
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Washington, D.C. - Federal spending legislation passed by the House of Representatives today includes $2 million for U.S.–Israel energy cooperation. This funding represents the second appropriation for a program originally sponsored by Congressman Brad Sherman as the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act. The funds will go to a grant program that will provide assistance to cooperative efforts by Israeli and U.S.
Washington, D.C. - Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Ed Royce (R-CA), joined by more than two hundred of their colleagues, are urging the Saudi Arabian government to seize on this historical moment to foster peace in the Middle East i
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. - 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.