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Washington DC –After reading the 28 classified pages of the 9/11 report, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called for their public disclosure and for direct answers to questions raised in the report. Sherman will join with his colleagues in sponsoring a resolution that would call on the administration to declassify this chapter of the report.

Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman released the following statement following news that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was formally invited to speak before a joint session of Congress.

“I am pleased that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be able to address a Joint Session of Congress this year. In 2014, I led the effort, and was joined by more than 80 of my colleagues, in trying to encourage then-Speaker John Boehner to invite President Modi to give such an address shortly after he had assumed office.

Washington DC – In recognition of the anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has called yet again on the administration and Congress to properly recognize this tragic event.

“Beginning in 1915 the Ottoman government began implementing its plans to expunge the Armenian people from its territory—an event which meets all the definitions of the word ‘genocide.’ An estimated one and a half million people perished.

Washington, DC – Today the House Transportation Committee passed the PIPES Act. This legislation will require federal regulation of natural gas storage, including the Aliso Canyon Storage facility in Porter Ranch which recently experienced the largest natural gas leak in US history. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), whose home is as close as any to the recent leak, issued the following statement:

Washington, DC – The Metro Orange Line will receive a grant of 4.3 million dollars from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to be used toward five battery-operated, zero-emission buses, as well as eight charging stations. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) advocated for the grant last year in a letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox.

Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, has called on the administration to negotiate a new tax treaty between the United States and Armenia.

At a recent hearing before the Financial Service Committee, Sherman told Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew that currently, “we have a chicken and egg circumstance. You don't get the business investment because you don't have the tax treaty. Then you don't need the tax treaty because you don't have the business investment.

Sherman Oaks, CA – Congressman Brad Sherman, who lives in the Porter Ranch community, site of the largest gas leak in U.S. history, responded to reports that the Los Angeles basin may experience power outages if the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility remains offline:

“There is a political dance happening here. I am concerned that SoCalGas may use these reports to build a case for business-as-usual operations with minimal safety improvements.