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Families across the country are worried about high gas prices, skyrocketing health care costs and rising college tuition. They are concerned about the Iraq War, which has been mismanaged, as well as the security of their cities and towns. It has never been clearer that our country needs a new direction.
I am proud to have worked with other members of Congress to unveil a clear, bold plan for a New Direction for America that responds to these urgent concerns.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman will host a town hall meeting on August 24 at Reseda High School.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday said efforts by President Bush to improve enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act have fallen short and he urged Congress to strengthen the law.
œCompliance with the law remains spotty, Sherman said, œand the sad reality is that some agencies sometimes stonewall legitimate requests for public information, he told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability.
Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved and sent to the Senate bipartisan legislation by Congressmen Brad Sherman and John Shadegg to fund joint research by Americans and Israelis into alternative energy sources.
œCutting-edge research by top scientists from the United States and Israel could reduce our reliance on foreign oil by promoting more efficient uses of traditional energy sources and by developing energy alternatives, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman announced Tuesday that residents near the Burbank airport will receive an additional $2 million to muffle jet noise.
The new grant from the U.S. Transportation Department is in addition to $10 million Burbank was awarded two months ago.
An important part of my job is making sure the San Fernando Valley gets its fair share of projects funded by Congress. Partway through this years budget-writing process, we have made significant progress. The successes range from finding funds for Orange Line improvements to supporting a successful drug rehabilitation program.
Congressional Republicans this week began staging coast-to-coast field hearings, beginning yesterday in San Diego, on immigration reform and border security. The American people should know that the Republican record on illegal immigration and border security is dismal. Republicans are running a single-issue campaign on an issue where they have failed.
The only good thing you can say about the Bush administration’s immigration policy is that it may not be as big a failure as its Iraq policy.
San Diego, CA. - Congressman Brad Sherman said a House hearing here Wednesday accentuates the Bush administrations failure to secure our borders and shines a spotlight on Republican Party discord that has blocked immigration reform in Congress.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman said Friday that hearings next week on border security are political theater intended to paper over Bush administration failures and Republican Party dissension that has stymied immigration reform in Congress.
œThe only good thing you can say about the Bush administration immigration policy is that it may not be as big a failure as its Iraq policy, Sherman said.
Washington, D.C. - The House voted Thursday for a proposal by Congressman Brad Sherman to expand long-term substance abuse programs for adolescents at Phoenix Academy in Lake View Terrace.
The project was included in a bill to fund the Justice Department and other federal agencies that the House approved and sent to the Senate.
Phoenix Academy is the only facility in Los Angeles County that provides long-term residential treatment for teenagers with drug and alcohol problems.