Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman will host a town hall meeting on August 24 at Reseda High School.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday said efforts by President Bush to improve enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act have fallen short and he urged Congress to strengthen the law.
œCompliance with the law remains spotty, Sherman said, œand the sad reality is that some agencies sometimes stonewall legitimate requests for public information, he told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability.
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 announced Tuesday that residents near the Burbank airport will receive an additional $2 million to muffle jet noise.
The new grant from the U.S. Transportation Department is in addition to $10 million Burbank was awarded two months ago.
San Diego, CA. - Congressman Brad Sherman said a House hearing here Wednesday accentuates the Bush administrations failure to secure our borders and shines a spotlight on Republican Party discord that has blocked immigration reform in Congress.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Friday that hearings next week on border security are political theater intended to paper over Bush administration failures and Republican Party dissension that has stymied immigration reform in Congress.
œThe only good thing you can say about the Bush administration immigration policy is that it may not be as big a failure as its Iraq policy, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - The House voted Thursday for a proposal by Congressman Brad Sherman to expand long-term substance abuse programs for adolescents at Phoenix Academy in Lake View Terrace.
The project was included in a bill to fund the Justice Department and other federal agencies that the House approved and sent to the Senate.
Phoenix Academy is the only facility in Los Angeles County that provides long-term residential treatment for teenagers with drug and alcohol problems.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday welcomed High Tech High School freshman Rosalyn Herrera to the Capitol, where her first-place entry in the San Fernando Valley Congressional District Student Art Competition went on public display.
Her winning entry, entitled simply Green, is a color photograph of a young woman with long green hair posing in front of a wall covered by a leafy vine (see below).
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.
Washington, D.C. - A House committee on Tuesday approved 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 hold the key to reducing our reliance on foreign oil, Sherman said. œWe must promote efficient use of traditional energy sources as well as research into alternative energy sources, he added.