Brad Sherman

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He has worked to advance priorities that create more good paying middle class jobs, protect workers' rights, pass President Obama's Affordable Care Act, safeguard Social Security and Medicare, invest more in 911 emergency response, including for firefighters and police, combat climate change by investing in clean and renewable energy like wind and solar, fund public schools, enact common sense gun safety measures, pass tough campaign finance reforms through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, protect abortion rights and Planned Parenthood funding, and more. A consumer rights advocate, Sherman was among the leaders behind the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which protects consumers from the worst practices of financial institutions, including hidden and exorbitant fees. Sherman also protected families’ retirement funds and college savings and put controls on companies which reward corporate CEOs multi-million dollar bonuses for bad performance. Brad was the first Member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in 2017, early in his first term. Early in Trump's second term, Sherman was the first Member of Congress to confront Donald Trump face-to-face, in front of the cameras at a roundtable focused on the Pacific Palisades Fire. Congressman Sherman has successfully fought for hundreds of millions of dollars to protect environmentally sensitive land around our country, and for tens of millions of dollars to preserve the Santa Monica mountains and complete the backbone trail. He has secured funds for the Orange Line, and for improvements to the 405 and 101 Freeways, and is fighting for funds to build rail through the Sepulveda Pass. Congressman Sherman introduced the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, which passed the House in 2025, to streamline access to housing for homeless disabled veterans.

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He has worked to advance priorities that create more good paying middle class jobs, protect workers' rights, pass President Obama's Affordable Care Act, safeguard Social Security and Medicare, invest more in 911 emergency response, including for firefighters and police, combat climate change by investing in clean and renewable energy like wind and solar, fund public schools, enact common sense gun safety measures, pass tough campaign finance reforms through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, protect abortion rights and Planned Parenthood funding, and more. A consumer rights advocate, Sherman was among the leaders behind the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which protects consumers from the worst practices of financial institutions, including hidden and exorbitant fees. Sherman also protected families’ retirement funds and college savings and put controls on companies which reward corporate CEOs multi-million dollar bonuses for bad performance. Brad was the first Member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in 2017, early in his first term. Early in Trump's second term, Sherman was the first Member of Congress to confront Donald Trump face-to-face, in front of the cameras at a roundtable focused on the Pacific Palisades Fire. Congressman Sherman has successfully fought for hundreds of millions of dollars to protect environmentally sensitive land around our country, and for tens of millions of dollars to preserve the Santa Monica mountains and complete the backbone trail. He has secured funds for the Orange Line, and for improvements to the 405 and 101 Freeways, and is fighting for funds to build rail through the Sepulveda Pass. Congressman Sherman introduced the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, which passed the House in 2025, to streamline access to housing for homeless disabled veterans.

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He has worked to advance priorities that create more good paying middle class jobs, protect workers' rights, pass President Obama's Affordable Care Act, safeguard Social Security and Medicare, invest more in 911 emergency response, including for firefighters and police, combat climate change by investing in clean and renewable energy like wind and solar, fund public schools, enact common sense gun safety measures, pass tough campaign finance reforms through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, protect abortion rights and Planned Parenthood funding, and more. A consumer rights advocate, Sherman was among the leaders behind the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which protects consumers from the worst practices of financial institutions, including hidden and exorbitant fees. Sherman also protected families’ retirement funds and college savings and put controls on companies which reward corporate CEOs multi-million dollar bonuses for bad performance. Brad was the first Member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in 2017, early in his first term. Early in Trump's second term, Sherman was the first Member of Congress to confront Donald Trump face-to-face, in front of the cameras at a roundtable focused on the Pacific Palisades Fire. Congressman Sherman has successfully fought for hundreds of millions of dollars to protect environmentally sensitive land around our country, and for tens of millions of dollars to preserve the Santa Monica mountains and complete the backbone trail. He has secured funds for the Orange Line, and for improvements to the 405 and 101 Freeways, and is fighting for funds to build rail through the Sepulveda Pass. Congressman Sherman introduced the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, which passed the House in 2025, to streamline access to housing for homeless disabled veterans.

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He has worked to advance priorities that create more good paying middle class jobs, protect workers' rights, pass President Obama's Affordable Care Act, safeguard Social Security and Medicare, invest more in 911 emergency response, including for firefighters and police, combat climate change by investing in clean and renewable energy like wind and solar, fund public schools, enact common sense gun safety measures, pass tough campaign finance reforms through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, protect abortion rights and Planned Parenthood funding, and more. A consumer rights advocate, Sherman was among the leaders behind the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which protects consumers from the worst practices of financial institutions, including hidden and exorbitant fees. Sherman also protected families’ retirement funds and college savings and put controls on companies which reward corporate CEOs multi-million dollar bonuses for bad performance. Brad was the first Member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in 2017, early in his first term. Early in Trump's second term, Sherman was the first Member of Congress to confront Donald Trump face-to-face, in front of the cameras at a roundtable focused on the Pacific Palisades Fire. Congressman Sherman has successfully fought for hundreds of millions of dollars to protect environmentally sensitive land around our country, and for tens of millions of dollars to preserve the Santa Monica mountains and complete the backbone trail. He has secured funds for the Orange Line, and for improvements to the 405 and 101 Freeways, and is fighting for funds to build rail through the Sepulveda Pass. Congressman Sherman introduced the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, which passed the House in 2025, to streamline access to housing for homeless disabled veterans.

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Has voted against funding ICE every time;

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And Brad Sherman is working on new ways to help immigrants towards a legal pathway to citizenship.

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Brad Sherman is leading the effort to cap all drug prices, saving Americans $300 billion annually. He also helped write new proposed laws to combat corporate greed and bring down the cost of living by reducing the price of healthcare, groceries, and housing.

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And Brad Sherman delivered for our district, securing federal funds to build the Orange Line and improve the 405, 101 and 118 freeways. He is leading the effort to build a subway through the Sepulveda Pass, which will get people from the Valley to Westwood in 7 minutes and reduce traffic on the 405.

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Led the fight to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Congressman Sherman also is a cosponsor of the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act which encourages states to pass “red flag laws” and similarly allows federal courts to issue “extreme risk protection orders,” where family members or law enforcement can petition the court to have firearms removed from an individual that has shown intent to harm themselves or others.

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Furthermore, Congressman Sherman is a cosponsor of the National Gun Violence Research Act to provide federal funding into research on the origins, consequences, and prevention methods for gun violence.

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Congressman Sherman also supports establishing a national emergency for climate change and directing the President to take a whole-of-government approach to prevent climate change and mitigate its effects.

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Congressman Sherman is a supporter of the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act, a wide-reaching agenda to address the plastic pollution crisis; and Congressman Sherman also supports legislation like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to impose a fee on the carbon content of fossil fuels or any product derived from those fuels that emits greenhouse gases, and urgently reach net zero emissions.

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Congressman Sherman is a supporter of the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act, a wide-reaching agenda to address the plastic pollution crisis; and Congressman Sherman also supports legislation like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to impose a fee on the carbon content of fossil fuels or any product derived from those fuels that emits greenhouse gases, and urgently reach net zero emissions.

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Congressman Sherman understands Israel’s position as a stalwart U.S. ally in a dangerous region where it is under constant threats of annihilation by terrorist groups on its borders. That’s why he worked tirelessly to pass the 2024 National Security Supplemental to provide Israel with $14.1 billion in emergency defense aid after the October 7th massacre. Congressman Sherman has also been a vocal advocate to fully fund the Iron Dome and the annual $3.8 billion in aid to Israel under the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

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Understanding that terrorist groups and their sponsors must be defeated, Congressman Sherman authored some of the foundational Iran sanctions legislation including Section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA) and Title 3 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, both of which became law. Congressman Sherman also successfully passed into law the Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act to sanction terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah for their use of human shields, and has introduced legislation to sanction Hamas-allied terrorist groups that participated in the October 7th massacre.

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Congressman Sherman is one of Congress’s foremost leaders in building people-to-people ties between Americans and Israelis, including through Congressman Sherman’s annual efforts in building support for federal funding for joint U.S.-Israeli research programs in agriculture, defense, cybersecurity, energy, and healthcare.

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Growing up in Los Angeles, Congressman Sherman heard firsthand stories from friends and neighbors whose families survived the Armenian genocide. That’s why, since first being elected to Congress in 1997, Congressman Sherman was a vocal advocate for recognizing the Armenian genocide and helped introduce and pass a resolution that finally secured recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019, spurring the Senate and President Biden to follow and finally achieve Armenian Genocide recognition from all branches of the U.S. government. Congressman Sherman believes it is our collective responsibility to ensure that future generations learn the legacy and lessons of the Armenian Genocide, which is why he is a proud cosponsor of the Armenian Genocide Education Act, which will create a curriculum on the Armenian Genocide to be taught in U.S. public schools.

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Congressman Sherman has also helped introduce the Artsakh Revenue Recovery Act which requires the President to seize Azerbaijani assets to compensate Artsakh refugees for revenue lost due to the ethnic cleansing, cosponsored legislation calling for Azerbaijan to immediately release of Armenian POWs, and has met with family members of Armenian soldiers who were captured and tortured to death by Azerbaijan to raise awareness of the brutality of Aliyev’s regime.

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Congressman Sherman has also helped introduce the Artsakh Revenue Recovery Act which requires the President to seize Azerbaijani assets to compensate Artsakh refugees for revenue lost due to the ethnic cleansing, cosponsored legislation calling for Azerbaijan to immediately release of Armenian POWs, and has met with family members of Armenian soldiers who were captured and tortured to death by Azerbaijan to raise awareness of the brutality of Aliyev’s regime.

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Congressman Sherman has consistently voted against Republican legislative proposals to restrict gender affirming care for transgender Americans and close federal agencies’ civil rights and diversity offices.

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Congressman Sherman has also cosponsored legislation such as the Pride in Mental Health Act to establish a grant program for LGBTQ+ youth mental health care, and the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act to establish a grant program to prevent LGBTQ+ harassment and provide counseling to affected students in higher education.

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Sherman also helped introduce H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban and is working with colleagues to immediately pass this life-saving measure into law.

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- The Bipartisan Background Checks Act: expands background checks to be required on all firearms sales and closes the gun show loopholes;

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- The Enhanced Background Checks Act: extends the time the FBI has to complete the initial background check from three to ten business days.

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This bill is a good step to help keep our communities safe, but there’s still plenty of work left to accomplish. Sherman continues to push for solutions overwhelmingly supported by the American people, including background checks, safe storage, and banning high-capacity magazines.

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Sherman also cosponsored the Better CARE for Animals Act, which strengthens the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement powers.

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Sherman also cosponsored the Humane Cosmetics Act to ban the sale of cosmetics developed using unnecessary safety testing on animals, which often involves painful and unnecessary experiments.

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Congressman Sherman cosponsored the bipartisan Puppy Protection Act to require commercial dog dealers to provide adequate housing, veterinary care, socialization, and access to nutritious food and potable water to the dogs in their care.

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The practice of cat declawing – an invasive surgical operation for cats in which the last bone of each toe is amputated – is a cruel procedure that has proven to have detrimental effects on cats’ well-being. That is why Sherman cosponsored a resolution in Congress expressing strong opposition to declawing cats for elective surgery.

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In December, Sherman cosponsored the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act to expand our efforts in the U.S. to protect species at risk of extinction.

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Congressman Sherman has been a strong opponent of the federal government undermining state and local animal protection laws such as California’s Proposition 12, a critically important law which prohibits the sale of meat from farms that use cruel animal confinement practices.

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Sherman continues working to improve humane treatment of horses and crack down on the practice of horse soring – which involves injuring a horse’s hooves and legs to create an artificial high-stepping gait.

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Sherman is also a cosponsor of the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, which permanently prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the transporting or selling of horses to be slaughtered elsewhere.

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Finally, Sherman joined colleagues in cosponsoring the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act, which would end the inhumane practice of chasing wild horses and burros with helicopters to capture them, often leading to the animals’ injury or death.

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Sherman worked with his colleagues in Congress to help pass the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act, which allows the VA to contribute lease revenues generated at the West LA VA campus to supportive housing and services for homeless veterans.

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Sherman will continue seeking more federal funds to construct and renovate more housing for Veterans on the West LA VA campus.

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The House of Representatives unanimously passed my bill, the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUD/VA), to permanently ensure that VA disability benefits are not used to disqualify a veteran from eligibility for veteran housing.

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The PACT Act streamlined the VA process for establishing toxic exposure, ensuring that veterans do not have to wait decades for help.

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The landmark legislation passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support and includes Sherman's HUDVA, which authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use vouchers under the Housing Choice Voucher Program to provide housing assistance for disabled veterans experiencing homelessness.

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Congressman Sherman joined Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce the most recent version of theGreen New Deal, which establishes a 10-year national mobilization effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels, secure clean air and water, create millions of high-paying jobs, and support infrastructure investments while promoting an equitable and sustainable environment for all.

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Sherman joined Rep. Brad Schneider to quickly introduce a resolution disapproving of Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and called for the United States to maintain partnership in the Paris Agreement and for the Unites States to prioritize global leadership on addressing climate change.

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We need to protect both our local ecosystems and our entire coastline. That is why Sherman also joined Congressman Huffman, the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, to introduce the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to protect the entire coastline of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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Last year, Sherman joined Rep. Laura Friedman to introduce the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act. This bill will protect some of the last wild open spaces in the Losa Angeles area, adding 118,000 acres to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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Sherman recently secured nearly $1 million for additional public land acquisition and preservation in the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and earlier this year, Congress approved another $1,031,000 million that Sherman requested for habitat restoration, including ecologically necessary brush clearance and the removal of invasive species to reduce wildfire risk and preserve wildlife habitats.

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Last April, Sherman helped reintroduce the Equality Act, to finally provide full protections against discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in finance, education, employment, housing, and public accommodations under federal law.

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The Trump Administration’s policies are trying to force transgender and nonbinary Americans to use a gender marker on their passport inconsistent with their gender identity. Sherman joined with his Equality Caucus colleagues in submitting a formal comment letter opposing this change as it flies in the face of common sense and minimizes the usefulness of passports in helping to identify the passport holder.

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In today’s context, it is more important than ever that Congress pass the Do No Harm Act, of which Sherman is a strong supporter, to clarify that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not allow religious beliefs to be used as an excuse to discriminate against protected classes, including LGBTQ+ Americans.

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The fight for equality is taking place on multiple fronts – in the states, at the federal level, and worldwide. As the House and Senate work toward negotiating spending bills for the fiscal year, Congressman Sherman continues to advocate for the highest possible funding for programs such as the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program that supports LGBTQ+-inclusive health centers and the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program that funds security enhancements to organizations like LGBTQ+ community centers.

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Sherman helped reintroduce the Global Respect Act, which would sanction foreign persons responsible for human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ individuals, banning them from obtaining visas or admission into the U.S. That legislation passed the House several years ago, and Sherman will prioritize working to pass that legislation when there is a progressive majority in the House once again.

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Congressman Sherman cosponsored the Promoting Respect for Individuals’ Dignity and Equality (PRIDE) Act which revises the federal tax code so that references to marriage are gender-neutral and allows same-sex couples to retroactively claim benefits the couple would have otherwise been eligible for if not for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

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Furthermore, Sherman has cosponsored the Pride in Mental Health Act in order to expand support for LGBTQ+ Americans, authorize new federal funding for developing LGBTQ+ mental health resources, training for caregivers, and school bullying prevention guidelines, in addition to commissioning a report on LGBTQ+ foster youth mental health.

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In response, Sherman has joined with colleagues in introducing the Access to Family Building Act, which ensures that no parents or doctors are punished for trying to start a family.

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In 2022, Sherman helped pass through the House the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would create a safeguard against bans and medically unnecessary restrictions on the right to choose, codifying the rights once guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. Troublingly, the Senate refused to act and consider this legislation and House Republicans won’t even allow a vote on the bill. Next year we should pass it into law.

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In the months before Roe was struck down, Sherman introduced his own legislation, theMedical Travel Assistance to Protect Women’s Right to Choose Act, to help cover travel expenses related to seeking abortion care for any resident of a state that restricts abortion services – so that such residents can travel to a state where abortion is more accessible.

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Sherman also helped introduce the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which passed the House last Congress and would protect the constitutional right to cross state lines to access abortion care by allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to file lawsuits against states infringing that right. Again unfortunately, the Senate failed to act.

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Moreover, Sherman helped introduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act,which requires federal healthcare facilities to provide abortion services and requires U.S. government-sponsored healthcare programs – like Medicaid – to provide coverage for abortion.

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In particular, the lawmakers stressed the importance of: accelerating negotiations on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement (a 123 Agreement), to provide Armenia with a strong platform for enhanced energy cooperation with the United States; building on current defense engagements with Armenia; hold Azerbaijan accountable for its war crimes and ethnic-cleansing of Artsakh through enforcement of Section 907 and the application of Global Magnitsky sanctions; secure guarantees for the territorial integrity of Armenia; and lastly protecting vulnerable Armenian populations abroad including Armenians in Syria following a spike in anti-Christian violence in the country.

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In particular, the lawmakers stressed the importance of: accelerating negotiations on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement (a 123 Agreement), to provide Armenia with a strong platform for enhanced energy cooperation with the United States; building on current defense engagements with Armenia; hold Azerbaijan accountable for its war crimes and ethnic-cleansing of Artsakh through enforcement of Section 907 and the application of Global Magnitsky sanctions; secure guarantees for the territorial integrity of Armenia; and lastly protecting vulnerable Armenian populations abroad including Armenians in Syria following a spike in anti-Christian violence in the country.

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Congressman Sherman has been a vocal opponent of the dismantling of USAID, which puts at risk the most vulnerable around the world including in Armenia. Sherman has vociferously opposed the shutdown during hearings in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a February 2025 letter to Secretary Rubio, and will continue to do so at every opportunity until aid to Armenia is restored.

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Not only does this plan protect beneficiaries from the rising costs of inflation, it does so without increasing taxes on anyone with an income under $400,000 per year. It would simply require that millionaires and billionaires pay the same Social Security taxes as everyone else.

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In March, Sherman joined with Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to introduce the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act to provide coverage for health care not currently covered under Medicare and provide services like routine dental, eye, hearing exams, and hearing aids.

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Sherman also helped pass into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which makes key changes to improve drug costs for those who have Medicare Part D, capping annual out-of-pocket costs. This legislation limited insulin to a $35 copay maximum and authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate certain other drugs directly with manufacturers. This includes medications that treat heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

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President Trump and Elon Musk have already taken numerous steps to close dozens of Social Security offices around the country. To stop the Trump Administration from shutting down direct access to Social Security, Sherman cosponsored the Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act thatprohibits the closure of Social Security field and hearing offices, placing a moratorium in effect until 2029.

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To permanently stop Elon Musk and his associates from accessing your private information, Sherman cosponsored The Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act that will firmly place into law the long-standing data privacy protections of the Social Security Administration.

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Sherman has worked on several initiatives to improve U.S. relations with the Hellenic world, including support for Cypriot reunification, Greek Cypriot rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Greek debt relief.

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Sherman has worked on several initiatives to improve U.S. relations with the Hellenic world, including support for Cypriot reunification, Greek Cypriot rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Greek debt relief.

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Sherman has worked on several initiatives to improve U.S. relations with the Hellenic world, including support for Cypriot reunification, Greek Cypriot rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Greek debt relief.

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Sherman has worked on several initiatives to improve U.S. relations with the Hellenic world, including support for Cypriot reunification, Greek Cypriot rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Greek debt relief.

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As Co-Chair of the India Caucus, Sherman has been working for years to strengthen U.S.-India security cooperation, including his recent amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expanding defense cooperation with India which passed through the House last year.

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Sherman continues to work with the Congressional India Caucus, the Indian Embassy, the Administration, and the Indian American community to strengthen the bonds between the United States and India.

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Specifically, it will establish new penalties on predatory corporations that violate workers’ rights and combat the misclassification of workers from employees to independent contractor status.

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That is why Sherman has been the lead sponsor of the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act every Congress since 2008.

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Sherman joined the AFL-CIO in urging all Members of Congress to reject these irresponsible proposals that could enable the crypto industry to operate without oversight, endangering the retirement funds that millions of workers have earned over a lifetime.

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Sherman is fighting to secure funding for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, funds for pedestrian safety and the infrastructure needed for electric vehicles.

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- Preparing more of our infrastructure for the impacts of climate change, cyber-attacks, and extreme weather events.

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Congressman Sherman was among the leaders behind the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which protects consumers from financial institutions issuing credit cards and offering costly overdraft protection.

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The NO PROFIT Act is a legislative response to Truth Social’s launch of Truth API, a subscription-based data feed costing as much as $100,000 monthly per license that provides subscribers with advance access to posts from 10 of the platform’s most influential accounts, including President Trump’s. The legislation would make it illegal for a person to knowingly trade in securities, commodities, swaps, or prediction market contracts if the person is doing so on the basis of material information obtained through prioritized access to an account.

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To ensure that American families directly benefit from this policy, the legislation establishes a mechanism to return revenues generated by the windfall profits tax to American taxpayers. Funds collected will be rebated back to households to offset increased energy and transportation costs from Trump’s war.

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The bill would implement a targeted export ban designed to stabilize domestic energy markets, reduce inflationary pressure, and prioritize U.S. supply during a period of international crisis. It also includes limited flexibility for cases where certain crude oil cannot be efficiently refined domestically, allowing narrowly tailored export licenses provided that refined products are returned to the United States.

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Prohibits the IRS from entering into agreements that restrict its ability to provide free online tax preparation or filing services.

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The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act advances the commitments made at Panmunjom by directing the Secretary of State to actively pursue diplomatic engagement with both North Korea and South Korea to achieve a binding peace agreement that would formally end the Korean War.

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The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act requires the Secretary of State to conduct a comprehensive review of those travel restrictions and submit a report to Congress detailing the results of that review.

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“To the dismay of many Korean Americans, Secretary Rubio recently renewed the ban on U.S. citizen travel to North Korea for the 10th consecutive year. About 100,000 Korean Americans still hope to have family reunification meetings with aging relatives in North Korea, and the ban makes it impossible for them to do so. It is time for the State Department to revise its policy so that Korean Americans can have the opportunity to attend funerals or burials in North Korea and to heal the wounds of years-long separations.”

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This should not be a Democratic or Republican issue – this is about American national security, and the United States’ longstanding bipartisan commitments to non-proliferation. It was the policy of the first Trump Administration that a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia needed to include the Gold Standard and Additional Protocol provisions. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recognized the need for these safeguards years ago when he joined me in introducing the Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act in 2016, and I applaud Senator Kennedy (R-LA) for registering his opposition to this no-safeguards Saudi nuclear deal last month. Members of Congress – Republican and Democrat alike – must reject this deal with a Joint Resolution of Disapproval until the necessary safeguards are included.”

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We urge Senate Major Leader John Thune to utilize Rule 14 to bring a clean Antisemitism Awareness Act for a vote in the Senate, and we urge Speaker Mike Johnson to once again swiftly pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act in the House. Codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is long overdue, and is more urgent now than ever as we see one violent anti-Zionist terror attack after another. You cannot fight antisemitism if you are unwilling to define it.

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We also urge President Trump and Congressional Appropriators to fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) at long-requested levels of $500 million. This money will fund security grants to nonprofit institutions which face terrorist threats, including synagogues and Jewish community institutions. It will help them put in place additional security measures like security cameras, locked doors, security guards, and more that could thwart terror attacks like the one that transpired at the Capitol Jewish Museum.

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No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act: This bill would eliminate the capital gains tax break for investments in companies based in China, Russia, Belarus, Iran, and North Korea. It also eliminates a related tax break, the “step-up in basis” at death, for investments in such companies. The SEC will require disclosure that no tax breaks are available for these stocks. Additional original cosponsors of this legislation include Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Bill Foster (D-IL).

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China Risk Reporting Act: Investors deserve to know the degree to which the American and foreign companies they invest in are dependent upon China and the related risks. This bill would require publicly traded companies that file any reports with the SEC to discuss in their annual reports: (1) the degree to which the company is dependent upon China and the risks China poses, such as supply chain disruptions, intellectual property theft, or nationalization of assets, and (2) the steps the company has taken to reduce its China risk. This bill will force companies competing for capital to reduce their exposure to China. If China invades Taiwan, Congress should be able to impose sanctions, knowing American companies have insulated themselves from the rupture. Hopefully, this will deter such an invasion.

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PRC Military and Human Rights Capital Markets Sanctions Act: A recent report identified 144 Chinese companies, or their affiliates, whose practices were so adverse to U.S. interests that it is illegal for Americans to buy their products. Most of these companies have been found to violate human rights. Others play an integral role in the China military-industrial complex. While buying the products of these companies is illegal, it is still legal to buy their stock. This bill would prohibit Americans from investing in the stock of companies that appear on such sanctions lists or have an affiliate on the sanctions list.

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No China in Index Funds Act: Index mutual funds minimize their expenses by simply investing in all the companies in a certain market sector, without looking closely at the individual companies. There are unique difficulties in evaluating the risks of investing in Chinese companies. Americans should not invest in these companies without carefully evaluating the risk. This bill will keep these hard-to-evaluate Chinese stocks out of index mutual funds.

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Congressman Sherman is one of Congress’s foremost leaders in building people-to-people ties between Americans and Israelis, including through Congressman Sherman’s annual efforts in building support for federal funding for joint U.S.-Israeli research programs in agriculture, defense, cybersecurity, energy, and healthcare.