Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Millions of seniors and disabled who enrolled in the Prescription Drug Medicare Part D program now face the prospect of having to pay the full cost of their medicine.
Coverage stops under most programs when the total cost for drugs exceeds $2,250 for the year. Those beneficiaries must pay all of their prescription medicine costs until their annual outlay reaches $5,100.
Washington, D.C. - The Child Care Resource Center has been awarded a $5 million federal grant to provide Head Start services to 700 children and their families in the San Fernando Valley, Congressman Brad Sherman announced Monday.
Another $5.5 million will go to Volunteers of America for Head Start programs in the East Valley and elsewhere.
Washington, D.C. - President Bush on Thursday signed legislation authored by Congressman Brad Sherman that names a San Fernando Valley post office for the great UCLA basketball coach, John R. Wooden.
Washington, D.C. - Legislation proposed by Congressman Brad Sherman to name a San Fernando Valley post office for legendary UCLA basketball coach John R. Wooden passed the Senate and was sent to President Bush on Wednesday night.
The House passed Shermans bill on April 5 and sent it to the Senate.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman will host a town hall meeting on August 24 at Reseda High School.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday said efforts by President Bush to improve enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act have fallen short and he urged Congress to strengthen the law.
œCompliance with the law remains spotty, Sherman said, œand the sad reality is that some agencies sometimes stonewall legitimate requests for public information, he told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability.
Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved and sent to the Senate bipartisan legislation by Congressmen Brad Sherman and John Shadegg to fund joint research by Americans and Israelis into alternative energy sources.
œCutting-edge research by top scientists from the United States and Israel could reduce our reliance on foreign oil by promoting more efficient uses of traditional energy sources and by developing energy alternatives, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman announced Tuesday that residents near the Burbank airport will receive an additional $2 million to muffle jet noise.
The new grant from the U.S. Transportation Department is in addition to $10 million Burbank was awarded two months ago.
San Diego, CA. - Congressman Brad Sherman said a House hearing here Wednesday accentuates the Bush administrations failure to secure our borders and shines a spotlight on Republican Party discord that has blocked immigration reform in Congress.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Friday that hearings next week on border security are political theater intended to paper over Bush administration failures and Republican Party dissension that has stymied immigration reform in Congress.
œThe only good thing you can say about the Bush administration immigration policy is that it may not be as big a failure as its Iraq policy, Sherman said.