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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Tuesday that a proposed trade treaty with Central American nations and the Dominican Republic would cost American jobs, fail to protect foreign workers, harm the environment, and cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.
Sherman was among a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers opposing the Central American Free Trade Agreement who were joined at a Capitol Hill rally by representatives from religious, business, labor, environmental and human rights organizations.
Security was stepped up on the Los Angeles bus system, the nations second largest, and on our subways after suicide bombers murdered more than 50 commuters on London subway trains and a bus.
On the day the blasts rocked London and sent shock waves around the world, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was awakened before dawn. He swiftly ordered extra security measures. After that decisive response during one of his first days in office, the mayor then took a ride on an LA subway to demonstrate that we cannot allow terrorists to limit our freedoms.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday released a new report https://node/2 detailing how San Fernando Valley residents would face steep Social Security benefit cuts under a proposal by President Bush.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Thursday urged House colleagues to join him in calling on Great Britain to keep out of England a radical sheik who has advocated terrorism.
Sheik Yussuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatari-based cleric, has hailed those who commit suicide bombings, called for the murder of Jews, and advocated the use of children in terrorist attacks. In an interview about Palestinian suicide operations against Israelis, he told the BBC in 2004 that he œconsiders this type of martyrdom operation as an evidence of Gods justice
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Wednesday he will introduce legislation to allow Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to stay on the job after his current term expires early next year.
During a Greenspan appearance before the House Financial Services Committee, Sherman said the law setting Federal Reserve Board term limits should be changed so the chief of the nations central bank could remain in office for five more years after his term expires next January 31.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Thursday urged a commission reviewing Pentagon plans for military base consolidation to stop an œimpractical shift of thousands of jobs from a Navy installation at Point Mugu to China Lake.
œIt does not make logistical or economic sense, Sherman said of the proposed transfer of weapons and electronic warfare functions from Naval Base Ventura County to the Naval Air Weapons Station located 150 miles away at China Lake.
Washington, D.C. - {President Bush should keep his word and fire top White House aide Karl Rove for leaking information about a Central Intelligence Agency undercover operative, Congressman Brad Sherman said Wednesday.
œThe president said he would fire any White House staffer who leaked the identity of an undercover operative, Sherman said. œNow that Karl Rove has been exposed as one of the leakers, the president should keep his word without delay and without making more excuses.
UNIVERSAL CITY - Congressman Brad Sherman on Saturday thanked and honored soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve returning home to Los Angeles after serving in Iraq and Kuwait.
Ninety soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve 311th Corps Support Command, based in West Los Angeles, planned and coordinated supply shipments to combat troops in Iraq.
Their service to the country was recognized during a ceremony attended by the congressman and military commanders. The congressman presented the unit a flag flown over the United States Capitol.
EL SEGUNDO - Congressman Brad Sherman and other community leaders showed support Friday for more than 700 striking janitors who clean offices at Boeing, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman facilities in Southern California.
Seeking better wages and health care for their families, the janitors threw up pickets on Wednesday.
œJanitors paid a decent wage for jobs that come with health insurance provide a stable and reliable workforce. Thats good for the companies, good for the workers and good for our communities, Congressman Sherman said.
WEST HILLS, Calif." Congressman Brad Sherman, who was at the forefront of a battle against private development of the Ahmanson Ranch, today helped dedicate a new entrance to the property that is now a major wildlife refuge.
He joined officials of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in dedicating the Victory Boulevard entrance to the Upper Las Virgens Canyon Open Space Preserve.