U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

May 15, 2012

May 10, 2012

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted the below remarks to be entered into the record for today’s Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade hearing, “The Costs and Consequences of Dodd-Frank Section 1502: Impacts on America and the Congo.”

May 9, 2012

Berman: “Iron Dome is an Israeli necessity, American priority, and a strategic imperative that is a fundamental game changer saving innocent Israeli lives.”

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in support of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012.

May 4, 2012

Berman: “Today is a victory for the Taiwanese-American community in California. An unfortunate wrong was righted and when Taiwanese-Americans register to vote in California, no longer will they have to list ‘Taiwan, Province of China’ as their country of birth, but rather, Taiwan. California Secretary of State Bowen and her staff deserve praise for their quick action.”

Less than a week after writing California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, requesting the state government change its online voter registration system allowing Taiwanese-Americans to list “Taiwan” as their country of birth, rather than “Taiwan, Province of China,” the correction was made on the online registry.

May 3, 2012

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, marked World Press Freedom Day by expressing concern over increasing reports of intimidation and violence towards journalists in Azerbaijan.

April 30, 2012

To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in World War II, and to honor the valiant service of the Filipino soldiers who fought alongside American troops against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, Congressman Howard L. Berman introduced H. Res. 636, a bipartisan resolution calling for the period between April 9 and May 6 to be designated as “Bataan-Corregidor Month.”

April 30, 2012

Berman: “The Taiwanese-American community in California is proud of their heritage and birthplace. It is unfair to force members of this community to list ‘Taiwan, Province of China’ as their country of birth when they register to vote online, when their true birthplace is Taiwan. Our federal government uses the term Taiwan and the state of California should do the same.”

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman wrote California Secretary of State Debra Bowen today, asking that California residents born in Taiwan registering to vote online be allowed to list their country of birth as Taiwan, rather than Taiwan, Province of China as the system currently allows.

April 26, 2012

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) released the following statement after the White House announced that Israeli President Shimon Peres will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The statement follows:

April 26, 2012

Berman: “Iron Dome is a game changer, saving innocent lives and protecting Israelis. Securing additional funding to deploy additional Iron Dome batteries is an Israeli necessity, an American priority, and a strategic imperative.”

U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after Iron Dome legislation he has long championed was successfully included in the base text of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013 marked up today in the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Armed Services Committee.

Related Coverage

• Op-Ed: Iron Dome is an investment in Mideast stability (JTA, Rep. Howard Berman)

April 25, 2012

Berman: “On Israeli Independence Day, we as residents of the San Fernando Valley, citizens of the United States, and defenders of Israel take pride in saying ‘The People of Israel Live, Am Yisrael Chai.’”

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement marking Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut.