Press Releases
BEVERLY CREST, LOS ANGELES -- At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles.
"Another mass shooting, this time in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in my district. I'm closely monitoring," said Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA 32) shortly after the news of the shooting. "I met with the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council leaders last week, now we grieve together along with the families of the victims and the whole community."
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time." – Elie Wiesel Yet on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, less than half of Americans know how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. As we take today to memorialize and mourn the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime, and as antisemitism and ethnic hatred is on the rise around the world, we must reprioritize Holocaust education.
Washington, D.C. -- Israeli police say at least seven people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem in what police chief Yaakov Shabtai described as "one of the worst terror attacks in the past few years."
"Horrified and outraged to learn that, yet again, an act of Palestinian terrorism has stolen the lives of innocent Israeli civilians - this time, at least 7 attending Shabbat services," said Congressman Brad Sherman. "Equally horrifying are images of militants handing out sweets to 'celebrate' this evil act."
"Ground operation workers at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Jet Blue hub and their colleagues across the nation have my support as they organize for unionization with Machinists Union," said Congressman Brad Sherman. "All workers deserve a say in their workplace."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Armenian Caucus, led a press conference, along with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and In Defense of Christians, to urge immediate action on Azerbaijan's continued brutal blockade of Artsakh.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Congressional Armenian Caucus, took to the Floor of the House of Representatives where he condemned Azerbaijan's continued blockade of Artsakh and urged for real consequences to be imposed on the Aliyev regime.
"Congress cannot stay silent as Azerbaijan tries to starve and freeze 120,000 Armenians out of Artsakh," said Congressman Sherman. "I urge my colleagues and the Administration to impose real consequences."
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) called for the removal of a United Nations official, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, over her antisemitic comments.
"No one should get a free pass for engaging in antisemitism - including at the U.N.," said Congressman Sherman. "I led my colleagues in calling on the U.N. to remove Special Rapporteur Albanese from her post following her refusal to take accountability for her antisemitic comments."
Monterey Park, California -- Thousands were out and about celebrating the start of Lunar New Year festivities Saturday night when a gunman opened fire in a dance hall, leaving 10 people dead and 10 more injured - the fifth American mass shooting in 2023, and the deadliest since the Uvalde elementary school massacre in May 2022.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) announced the inclusion of over $21 million in funding for U.S.-Israel Cooperative Programming in the government funding bill that President Biden signed last evening. Congressman Sherman led over 80 bipartisan Members in sending a series of letters to the House Appropriations Committee urging the funding of a variety of U.S.-Israel cooperative programs.