Press Releases
Sherman Oaks –In a letter to the Chairmen of Time Warner Cable and DIRECTV, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) called on Time Warner Cable, DIRECTV and all other providers to enter into binding arbitration to resolve the current dispute and air Dodgers games on all LA-area cable and satellite systems.
Sherman Oaks - Metro unveiled its mass transit proposal for Los Angeles on Friday March 18, 2016. Congressman Sherman released the following response.
“Since 2008, the Valley has been paying higher sales taxes to pay for trains and subways benefitting the rest of Los Angeles. While the Valley pays more than a fifth of the tax, we have only one mile of the trains and subways, just 1% of the county total.
Washington, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) led a bipartisan group of 135 House members in a request of $2 million for the U.S.–Israel Energy Cooperation Program in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill.
The appropriations request this year included the highest number of signatories – 130 members of Congress – since the creation of the program in 2008.
Washington DC - Today the University of California Regents released its Final Report of the Regents Working Group on Principles Against Intolerance.
Congressman Sherman issued the following statement in response:
“I am pleased to see that the final report explicitly condemns anti‐Semitism and anti‐Zionism. This is a significant victory for Jewish students who have faced multiple, unsettling incidents involving anti-Semitic epithets, slurs, obscenities, and even physical violence.
Metro CEO Phillip Washington meets with Congressman Brad Sherman
Sherman Oaks – The House and Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Taiwan INTERPOL bill (381-0), which will now be sent to the President. The legislation, which was originally introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Congressman Matt Salmon (R-AZ), would urge President Obama to take the necessary steps required to have Taiwan accepted into the International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL.
Congressman Brad Sherman will host a Town Hall meeting from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 3rd, at Granada Hills Charter High School located at 10535 Zelzah Ave. The Congressman will discuss the Porter Ranch gas leak, the economy, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, Social Security and Medicare as well as other issues facing Congress. Most of the meeting will be devoted to Congressman Sherman listening and responding to questions from Valley residents.
Washington DC - Each year, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students in the 30th Congressional District.
Washington DC –Congressman Brad Sherman, who lives in Porter Ranch, issued the following statement:
“We are all pleased to learn that well SS.25, from which we experienced the largest gas leak in history, has been sealed.
“We should not be declaring victory, as the Aliso Canyon facility and the negligence of Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) continue to pose a threat to the community.
Washington DC – After several years of study, the National Park Service released a report recommending that 170,000 acres of land be added to the Santa Monica National Recreation Area, which would include the Rim of the Valley.