Washington DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today strongly condemned the military junta in Guinea for the slaughter last week of more than...
Kenyan Leaders Should Keep Their Commitments on Political Reforms, Berman Says
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Howard L. Berman (DCA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today commended the Obama Administration for warning Kenyan leaders that the United States is...
Berman Sends Condolences in the Wake of Disastrous Tsunami
Washington, DC – Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today concerning the disaster in Samoa: “I want to express my deepest...
House Passes Bicameral Legislation Increasing Assistance to Pakistan, Improving U.S.-Pakistan Ties
Washington, DC – The House today passed legislation by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) to triple U.S. assistance to Pakistan. The legislation was based on a compromise between...
Diplomatic options to stopping Iran from having nuclear weapons are dwindling.
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Berman Calls Iran Nuclear Plant News Disturbing, Says It Reinforces His Determination to Have Committee Consider Sanctions Legislation
Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the news today of Iran’s second uranium enrichment...
Berman Endorses Nomination of New Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, a Former Foreign Affairs Committee Staff Director
Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today enthusiastically endorsed the nomination of former committee staff director Robert R....
Nominee to New, High-Level Position to Protect Intellectual Property Rights Will Do a First-Rate Job, Berman Says
Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, hailed the nomination today of Victoria Espinel to be the first Intellectual Property...
Berman Introduces House Version of Bicameral Legislation Increasing Assistance to Pakistan, Improving U.S.-Pakistan Ties
Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today welcomed passage by the Senate of compromise legislation to increase assistance to...
Berman Says Palin’s Comment on U.S.-China Relations is Flat Wrong
Washington, DC – In response to a speech by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in Hong Kong, Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the...