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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said the new Metro Orange Line that opens on Saturday will spur economic growth and provide low-cost, efficient transportation in the San Fernando Valley.
Sleek new buses also will connect the Valley to the regional Los Angeles bus and rail rapid transit network.
WASHINGTON " Congressman Brad Sherman said the House on Thursday tried to rob rights from victims of firearm violence, including the 1999 victims of Buford Furrow Jr., who wounded five people in a shooting rampage at a Granada Hills community center and then killed a letter carrier in Chatsworth.
The House voted 283 to 144 to pass and send to President Bush legislation to shield gun manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Wednesday that a recommendation by President Bushs tax panel to limit mortgage interest deductions would be a severe blow to San Fernando Valley homeowners.
œIn parts of the Valley where home prices are more than double the national average we have a lot at stake in preserving the deduction for home mortgage expenses, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Thursday praised California emergency responders who aided hundreds of people forced to evacuate from their homes while firefighters battled flames that whipped through the Chatsworth area.
"One of the lessons learned from the debacle of Hurricane Katrina is that the way to deal with a disaster is to have an efficient and coordinated response involving all levels of government," said Sherman, whose congressional district includes some of the 17,000 charred acres.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman announced Wednesday that Congress recently approved $460,000 to construct a bicycle and pedestrian path along the Los Angeles River in Sherman Oaks.
The new path will be built from Kester Avenue to Sepulveda Boulevard. It will extend an existing bicycle and pedestrian path along the river west of Kester Avenue .
By Brad Sherman
For many people in the San Fernando Valley, Hurricane Katrina brought back memories of the 6.8 earthquake that struck Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on January 17, 1994.
Like Katrina, the quake was one of the worst natural disasters in our nations history. Like the storm victims along the Gulf Coast, people in the Valley experienced an outpouring of support from all across America. Unlike Katrina, there was a quick, coordinated, effective response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
For many people in the San Fernando Valley, Hurricane Katrina brought back memories of the 6.8 earthquake that struck Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on January 17, 1994.
Like Katrina, the quake was one of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history. Like the storm victims along the Gulf Coast, people in the Valley experienced an outpouring of support from all across America. Unlike Katrina, there was a quick, coordinated, effective response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Washington, D.C. - The House International Relations Committee on Thursday adopted a pair of resolutions calling on Turkey to acknowledge the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.
œIt is long past time for us to criticize the Ottoman Empire for the first genocide of the 20th century, said Congressman Brad Sherman, a member of the prestigious panel.
œIgnoring genocide is the last act of genocide, Sherman added. œWhere would modern Germany be if it was ruled by a government denying the Holocaust?
WASHINGTON " The House voted Wednesday to give the public access to a national registry of sex offenders. Congressman Brad Sherman introduced similar legislation during his first year in Congress.
Shermans Child Protection Act, first proposed in 1997, called for creation of a national hotline to give the public access to a nationwide list of registered sexual predators. His bipartisan proposal was modeled on a statewide registry in California that provides parents a way to protect children from sex offenders convicted in California.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman called Thursday on President Bush to fire Michael D. Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency director in charge of the badly bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina.