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With the acute phase of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank debacle coming to a close, Congress now has an opportunity to make the financial system safer.
There are only three dozen medium-sized banks — with between $50 and $250 billion in total assets — in the United States. Two failed within a week, and several others needed help to survive. Clearly, better regulation of this sector is needed.
Since my arrival in Congress, I have advocated for ensuring the United States meets the highest possible standards of rail safety and have continuously supported legislation to fund railroad maintenance and expand railroad safety requirements.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 19 members of Congress in re-introducing the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act – bipartisan legislation that calls for serious, urgent diplomatic engagement in pursuit of a formal end to the Korean War.
35 years ago today, Azerbaijani mobs attacked Armenian residents of Sumgait, setting off pogroms that would last days and spread to multiple towns. These events led to unspeakable crimes - not only murders of Armenians, but also brutal acts of torture, rape, and immolation.
This week, Congressman Tom McClintock and I, with the support of over 160 members of Congress, reintroduced H.Res.100. Our resolution will put Congress on the record as standing with the Iranian people in their fight for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic of Iran and condemning the ongoing human rights violations and state sponsored terrorism of the current Iranian regime.
Sherman Oaks, California – Last night, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA 32), known for having held over 250 Town Halls, hosted over 5,000 residents for his First Town Hall for California's 32nd District. During the event, members of the San Fernando Valley were joined by new neighbors from parts of the Westside of Los Angeles.
BEVERLY CREST, LOS ANGELES -- At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles.
"Another mass shooting, this time in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in my district. I'm closely monitoring," said Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA 32) shortly after the news of the shooting. "I met with the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council leaders last week, now we grieve together along with the families of the victims and the whole community."
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time." – Elie Wiesel Yet on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, less than half of Americans know how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. As we take today to memorialize and mourn the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime, and as antisemitism and ethnic hatred is on the rise around the world, we must reprioritize Holocaust education.
Washington, D.C. -- Israeli police say at least seven people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem in what police chief Yaakov Shabtai described as "one of the worst terror attacks in the past few years."
"Horrified and outraged to learn that, yet again, an act of Palestinian terrorism has stolen the lives of innocent Israeli civilians - this time, at least 7 attending Shabbat services," said Congressman Brad Sherman. "Equally horrifying are images of militants handing out sweets to 'celebrate' this evil act."