U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe — with one exception: Cuba. It’s time for us to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War.

Nov 17, 2009 | Press Releases

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Copenhagen and Beyond: Is there a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol?

Nov 4, 2009 | 111th Congress, All Hearings, Hearings

Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman

Berman Praises Administration for Lifting the HIV/AIDS Travel Ban

Nov 3, 2009 | Press Releases

Washington DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, congratulated the Obama Administration for lifting the 22-year old ban on travelers to the United States who either are HIV positive or living with AIDS; the order to...

A Call to Action on Food Security: The Administration’s Global Strategy

Oct 29, 2009 | 111th Congress, All Hearings, Hearings

Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)

Chairman Berman’s opening remarks at markup of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194)

Oct 28, 2009 | Press Releases

In marking up H.R. 2194, I have one transcendent goal in mind: To maximize the chances that Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, will be prevented from acquiring the capacity to produce nuclear arms. That capacity would pose perhaps the most serious strategic...