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Background: Congressman Brad Sherman's home was as close as any residence to the Aliso Canyon gas leak. For nearly four months, the northern Los Angeles community of Porter Ranch suffered from the largest natural gas leak in U.S. history. More than 7,000 families were displaced from their homes and forced to relocate. Two schools in the area were closed for the duration of the school year.
Sherman's proposed changes include:
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Washington, D.C. – On July 12, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) filed Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Sherman argued that Trump committed Obstruction of Justice by pressuring FBI Director James Comey to abandon the investigation of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, and again by seeking to thwart the Russia Investigation.
If Trump is impeached, it will not be for the initial crime, but for the cover-up.
On January 3, 2017, I once again swore to protect and defend the constitution. Our constitution calls for the impeachment of a president who has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) announced his intention, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), to introduce legislation to eliminate so-called ‘right-to-work' laws.
Sherman has introduced this legislation in the past five Congresses. In the 114th Congress, Sherman introduced the bill in July 2016 with 48 House cosponsors. Sherman consistently earns a 100 percent rating from the AFL-CIO.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) released the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Donald Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a six-month delay:
Today's announcement that the President will turn his back on DREAMers by ending DACA, essentially deporting nearly 800,000 young men and women who are American in every way, will undermine economic growth, bring fear to our communities, and tear families apart.
Washington, D.C. – Today's announcement that President Donald Trump has ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a six-month delay will affect over 200,000 Californians that are currently part of the DACA program.
Washington, DC – This week, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) sent a letter to Alice G. Wells, the Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs and David Hale, the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan expressing strong concerns about human rights in Sindh.
Washington, D.C. – Following the President's comments that if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. then it will be "met with fire and fury like the world has never seen before," and Defense Secretary James Mattis' warning that if its aggression continues the regime could face the "destruction of its people," Ranking Member Sherman of the Asia Pacific Subcommittee Brad Sherman released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Peter King (R-NY) introduced a bipartisan House Resolution expressing support for the home mortgage interest and property tax deductions. Reps. Sherman and King were joined by Representatives Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Dan Donovan (R-NY), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), and Dina Titus (D-NV).
Washington, DC – On July 21 during Friday prayers, Imam Ammar Shahin, delivered a sermon at the Islamic Center of Davis, CA where he prayed to Allah to "liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews" and to "annihilate them down to the very last one." Congressman Sherman released the following statement in response:
It is unacceptable for anyone, anywhere, and at any time to call to annihilate Jews or any other religious or ethnic group. Imam Shahin's rhetoric was nothing short of a call for genocide.