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June 14, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday approved legislation to set aside $500,000 for safety improvements along the Metro Orange Line busway and $100,000 for a new transit center at California State University , Northridge.

June 14, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday approved $150,000 sought by Congressman Brad Sherman for the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda.

The funds were set aside in legislation to support Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.

The appropriation will help finance renovation of a residential care building to bring the structure into compliance with modern safety and health codes.

June 14, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The House agreed Wednesday to let Burbank have until next year to commit to spend $750,000 that Congress already set aside for the Burbank Empire Area Transit Center.

Burbank has completed preliminary designs for the station and is undertaking state and federal environmental assessments, but the city needs additional time to explore land acquisition costs and study railroad right-of-way issues.

The Burbank provision was in a report accompanying legislation that now goes to the Senate.

June 8, 2006
Opinion-Editorial

I recently had the chance to drive around Capitol Hill in a hybrid car with rechargeable, plug-in batteries. I may have been behind the wheel of the next generation in automobile technology.

With gas prices soaring to more than $3 a gallon, whats not to like about fuel-efficient, environment-friendly cars that get more than 100 miles per gallon?

The House Science Committee is considering legislation to offer incentives to encourage development of these innovative hybrid vehicles.

June 7, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday urged students and parents who borrowed for their childrens college costs to consider consolidating student loans before July 1, when interest rates are expected to rise to their highest level in six years.

Consolidation allows students and parents to combine separate loans and lock in a low fixed interest rate that could save borrowers thousands of dollars over the life of their loans.

May 24, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday lauded legislation by Congressmen Brad Sherman and John Shadegg to promote U.S. and Israeli cooperation on efforts to develop alternative energy technology.

Sherman and Shadegg introduced bipartisan legislation to encourage companies and academic researchers from the close allies to work together on alternative energy projects.

In his address to the special session of Congress, Olmert said the United States and Israel œshare a desire for energy security.

May 24, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday approved an additional $2 million for a project championed by Congressman Brad Sherman to restore Bull Creek channel in the Sepulveda Basin.

Sherman secured the $2 million in addition to $2 million that Congress set aside last year for work in the Anthony C. Beilenson Park in the Sepulveda Basin. Altogether, Sherman has won congressional approval of almost $6 million for the Sepulveda Basin, including $1.2 million for wildlife area restoration and $750,000 for Beilenson Park improvements.

May 24, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks on Wednesday congratulated Sherman Oaks songbird Katharine McPhee, the American Idol finalist who made even Simon Cowell coo as she won legions of fans across America.

œShe was McPhabulous. America caught McPheever, Sherman said.

Sherman said he would present McPhee a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on May 24, the day of the American Idol finale.

May 23, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The House on Tuesday approved bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Congressman Brad Sherman to end all direct aid to the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority until Hamas renounces violence and recognizes Israels right to exist.

œHamas ran on a platform of ethnic cleansing and genocide, pushing all Jews in the Middle East into the Mediterranean. They won on that platfom, and for us to see dollars going to a regime which is bent on ethnic cleansing and genocide would be absolutely absurd, Congressman Brad Sherman said.

May 17, 2006

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman, a leading proponent of hybrid cars that use less gasoline and reduce pollution, said on Wednesday that plug-in hybrids with rechargeable batteries may be the next wave in automobile technology.

œWith gas prices soaring to more than $3 a gallon, Sherman said, œfuel-efficient, environment-friendly cars that get more than 100 miles per gallon could be the cars of the future.