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I stand in solidarity with the Armenian American community in commemorating the February 1988 Sumgait Pogroms. Thirty-one years ago in the Azerbaijani town of Sumgait, peaceful Armenian residents were brutally targeted on the basis of their ethnicity and subjected to unspeakable crimes. In March 1988, The Economist reported the atrocities and documented the murder and mutilation of pregnant Armenian women and newborn babies in a maternity hospital.
Washington (February 28, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-30), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation, and Congressman Ted Yoho (FL-03) today introduced legislation that increases Congressional oversight over any civil nuclear cooperation agreement – or 123 agreement – between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Walking away from Hanoi without an agreement or substantive declaration was the right move. No deal is better than a bad deal, and this would have been such a bad deal that Trump could not have sold it even to his base.
Who He Trusts
Vladimir Putin
"Every time he sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that,' And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it."
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Today the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation held a hearing with Bill Richardson, the former Governor of New Mexico and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Victor Cha, the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, to preview President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's summit. Both Governor Richardson and Dr. Cha have extensive experience negotiating with the North Korean regime.
Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, today announced that Bill Richardson, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of New Mexico, will testify before the Subcommittee on February 26th.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sherman announced a 15 day extension for those affected by the Woolsey Fire to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Residents of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties who suffered losses from the fire now have until February 15th to register with FEMA in order to be considered eligible for several disaster assistance programs. This extension also applies to low-interest disaster loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has been elected Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation by his Democratic colleagues on the Committee.
Congressman Sherman will be serving with Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA-D).
I have been informed that Turkish flags have been posted outside and inside of the Holy Martyrs Ferrahian High School, and other Armenian schools and churches in Southern California.
I strongly condemn this hateful act of vandalism. It is particularly cruel to those whose family members died in the Armenian Genocide.
I call on law enforcement to make arresting the vandals a high priority.
These incidents may constitute a violation of federal hate-crimes statutes. See 18 U.S.C. Section 247.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks, CA) has been reappointed to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. He last served on the Committee in 2007.