Madam Chair, on the President’s request five years ago, Congress launched a global campaign to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and to treat and care for those who were already afflicted. The United...
House Overwhelmingly Approves Renewal and Expansion of Successful U.S. Global AIDS Prevention Effort
Washington, DC – Thanks to a bipartisan compromise brokered by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), the House today voted overwhelmingly to expand the landmark U.S. effort to...
Foreign Affairs Committee to Investigate Passport Snooping Case
Van Nuys, CA – Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement about the revelation that State Department employees had improperly...
Berman Urges Chinese to Show Restraint in Treatment of Demonstrators and to Negotiate Tibetan Matters with Dalai Lama
Van Nuys, CA -- Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Comittee, today issued this statement on China's handling of the demonstrations in Tibet: "I strongly condemn the...
Gas Attack on Iraqi Kurds Deserves Anniversary Commemoration, Should be Labeled Genocide, Berman Says
Van Nuys, CA -- Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Comittee, today issued the following statement on the 20th anniversary of the chemical weapons attack on Kurdish...
Berman Welcomes State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism
Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) welcomed the release today of the first survey of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide to be produced by a State Department...
Chairman Berman Says Reports on Human Rights Are Only a Starting Point for What This Country Should Do to Stop Abuse
Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the release today of the State Department’s...
Statement of Chairman Berman at hearing, “The Balkans After the Independence of Kosovo and on the Eve of NATO Enlargement”
The people of Kosovo will forever mark February 17th as a milestone: On that day, Kosovo declared its independence and ended nearly a decade of uncertainty as a UN protectorate. The new country has...
Berman Elected to Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington, DC – The House Democratic Caucus today voted to appoint Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Berman made the following statement:“I deeply...
Defense Secretary Gates Discusses U.S. Foreign Policy Budget Imbalance with Committee Members
Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Acting Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) this morning convened committee members to discuss with Defense Secretary Robert Gates the persistent...