Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman announced Wednesday that Congress recently approved $460,000 to construct a bicycle and pedestrian path along the Los Angeles River in Sherman Oaks.
The new path will be built from Kester Avenue to Sepulveda Boulevard. It will extend an existing bicycle and pedestrian path along the river west of Kester Avenue .
By Brad Sherman
For many people in the San Fernando Valley, Hurricane Katrina brought back memories of the 6.8 earthquake that struck Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on January 17, 1994.
Like Katrina, the quake was one of the worst natural disasters in our nations history. Like the storm victims along the Gulf Coast, people in the Valley experienced an outpouring of support from all across America. Unlike Katrina, there was a quick, coordinated, effective response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Washington, D.C. - The House International Relations Committee on Thursday adopted a pair of resolutions calling on Turkey to acknowledge the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.
œIt is long past time for us to criticize the Ottoman Empire for the first genocide of the 20th century, said Congressman Brad Sherman, a member of the prestigious panel.
œIgnoring genocide is the last act of genocide, Sherman added. œWhere would modern Germany be if it was ruled by a government denying the Holocaust?
WASHINGTON " The House voted Wednesday to give the public access to a national registry of sex offenders. Congressman Brad Sherman introduced similar legislation during his first year in Congress.
Shermans Child Protection Act, first proposed in 1997, called for creation of a national hotline to give the public access to a nationwide list of registered sexual predators. His bipartisan proposal was modeled on a statewide registry in California that provides parents a way to protect children from sex offenders convicted in California.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman called Thursday on President Bush to fire Michael D. Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency director in charge of the badly bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
Sherman Oaks - A commission evaluating Pentagon plans to close and consolidate military bases voted Thursday to shift thousands of jobs from Naval Base Ventura County to the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake.
œThis is an enormous disappointment, said Congressman Brad Sherman. œThe unfortunate consequence of this decision will be a brain drain because most of the civilian workers simply will not move to China Lake. It makes no sense to waste the skills of the talented people already doing these jobs in Ventura County.
Sherman Oaks - Congressman Brad Sherman on Monday released a report showing President Bushs plan to cut off enrollment in health care programs for veterans would deny coverage for an estimated 113,000 Californians, including 2,000 veterans in his San Fernando Valley congressional district.
Thousands more veterans would face increased costs in order to remain eligible for the health care they were promised.
œI am grateful for your service and appreciate the sacrifices of those who were called up for duty in the war, Sherman told the Marines. He called the reserve unit œa credit to California.
Sherman spoke at a Family Day ceremony for about 140 Marines in the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division and their families and guests.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday helped break ground on a major expansion of the Providence Holy Cross Emergency Department and Trauma Center.
œThis is a very important project for a hospital that is expanding to meet the critical health care needs of the growing and aging population in the San Fernando Valley and beyond, said Sherman.
Washington, D.C. - A transportation bill signed Wednesday by President Bush includes a provision by Congressman Brad Sherman that cleared the way for California to allow hybrid vehicles on High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.
œThis gives California a way to ease freeway congestion and promote the use of more fuel-efficient cars, Sherman said.