Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), introduced legislation to eliminate so-called ‘right-to-work' laws.
Sherman has introduced this legislation in every session of Congress since 2008. Today, this bill has 27 original cosponsors in the House. Sherman expects to add additional House co-sponsors in the coming weeks. Sherman consistently earns a 100 percent rating from the AFL-CIO.
Washington, D.C. – The House unanimously passed H.R. 4302, the Homeless Assistance Act of 2019. A senior member on the Financial Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Congressman Brad Sherman sponsored this bill to help address the homelessness crisis in the San Fernando Valley, as well as many other communities around the country.
Today the United States and India announced the establishment of an annual U.S.-India Parliamentary Exchange, an initiative spearheaded by Congressmen Brad Sherman and George Holding, the Co-Chairs of the House Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
Sherman Oaks – On Wednesday evening Valley residents participated in an interactive "Telephone Town Hall" hosted by Congressman Brad Sherman(D-Sherman Oaks).
Residents from all over the San Fernando Valley called in and participated in a conversation with Congressman Sherman for over ninety minutes. During this time, the Congressman addressed the questions and concerns of constituents about the historic vote by the House to impeach Donald Trump, gun control, healthcare, and other issues.
In July 2017, I introduced Articles of Impeachment, based on obstruction of justice and clear violations of Section 1512 (B3) of our criminal code, particularly obstruction of the investigation of the now convicted former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
When the then Republican majority refused to address those articles, I was not surprised.
The final text of the annual defense bill released on December 9, 2019 includes an important provision authored by Congressman Brad Sherman to prevent Saudi Arabia from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Sherman Amendment requires countries that want to sign an agreement (called a 123 Agreement) to purchase U.S. nuclear technology to agree to the Additional Protocol. The Additional Protocol is the strongest international nuclear safeguards and has been signed by over 130 countries.
Washington (December 11, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) today introduced the Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Act, legislation that would require the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed S.178, the UIGHURAct, as amended, which counters China's brutal repression of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, including the mass detention of over one million Uighurs in so-called "re-education" camps.
Less than 48 hours after Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney was elected Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Congressman Brad Sherman sent a letter to his colleagues on the Financial Services Committee, seeking their support for his bid to Chair the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), joined by nine of his colleagues, sent a letter to the Honorable Mark Green, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The letter urges the Agency to complete its procurement reform process in a manner that ensures a fair and substantial proportion of awards and contracts made by USAID are awarded to small, U.S.-based, not-for-profit, and civil-society based organizations, including credit unions.