A hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs: DATE: Wednesday, December 2, 2009TIME: 1:30 p.m. SUBJECT: U.S. Strategy in AfghanistanWITNESSES:The Honorable Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of...
Chairman Berman’s opening statement at hearing, “Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?”
Verbatim, as deliveredAmericans have the right to travel to Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, which seeks a nuclear weapons capability in violation of its obligations under the...
Renowned Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez wrote an essay for the committee’s hearing on the travel ban.
In the suitcases: A reflection on the necessary liberalization of Americans’ travel to CubaAs on any island, what comes to us from the outside has always been something that catalyzes changes and...
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.
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Berman Praises Administration for Lifting the HIV/AIDS Travel Ban
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...
Chairman Berman’s opening remarks at markup of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194)
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...
Chairman Berman’s opening remarks at hearing, “U.S. Policy Toward Burma”
Thinking about Burma brings certain indelible images to mind: the brutal crackdown on courageous, saffron-robed monks protesting peacefully two years ago; the strength of purpose reflected in the...
Chairman Berman’s opening remarks at hearing, “Afghanistan Policy at the Crossroads”
When the U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan began eight years ago, there was near unanimity in Congress and among the American people that this use of military force was fully justified.Osama bin...
House Foreign Affairs Committee to Mark Up Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act
Washington, DC – Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194):“The...
Nobel Prize Validates Obama’s Approach to International Challenges, Berman Says
Washington, DC -- Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following response to the news that President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize:"I'm...