Statement by Chairman Berman on the House floor in debate on H. Res. 1370, regarding China
Madam Speaker, despite commitments by Beijing to improve human and political rights in the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, the situation has not improved -- and, in some cases has become far...
U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Legislation Becomes Law
Washington, DC – President Bush today signed into law the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5501)...
Lowey-Berman Statement on Administration’s Pakistan Request
Washington, DC – Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and...
Update on the Situation in Lebanon
Congress Sends Global HIV/AIDS Legislation to the President
Washington, DC – The landmark U.S. effort to fight HIV/AIDS around the world will be expanded and extended by five years thanks to legislation that Congress passed today.By a vote of 303 to 115, the...
Markup: H.R. 6574 – United States-Russian Federation Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Act of 2008;
Full CommitteeEd Royce (R-CA), ChairmanBackground
Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance
Chairman Berman’s opening statement for hearing, “China on the Eve of the Olympics”
Seven years ago Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Chinese people young and old, their faces streaming with tears of elation, flooded the streets by the millions to...