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</div><div>Bradley James Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American accountant and politician serving as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_30th_congressional_district" title="California's 30th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 30th congressional district</a> since 2013. A member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic Party</a>, he first entered Congress in 1997; Sherman represented <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="California's 24th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 24th congressional district</a> for three terms and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_27th_congressional_district" title="California's 27th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 27th congressional district</a> for five terms. His district is in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Fernando Valley</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,California" title="Los Angeles County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Los Angeles County</a>, as well as the eastern part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simi_Hills" title="Simi Hills" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Simi Hills</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County,California" title="Ventura County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ventura County</a>. He resides in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Oaks,California" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Oaks, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sherman Oaks</a>.<div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;">
</div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Early_life,education,and_early_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Early life, education, and early career</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Board_of_Equalization(1991%E2%80%931996)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1.1Board of Equalization (1991–1996)</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2U.S. House of Representatives</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1Elections</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1.12012</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Tenure" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2Tenure</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.1Environment</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Labor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.2Labor</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Transportation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.3Transportation</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Animal_rights" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.4Animal rights</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Fiscal_policy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.5Fiscal policy</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Financial_crisis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.6Financial crisis</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Social_Security_and_health_care" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.7Social Security and health care</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Housing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.8Housing</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Civil_liberties" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.9Civil liberties</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Foreign_relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.10Foreign relations</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Religion" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.11Religion</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Internet_policy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.12Internet policy</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Cryptocurrency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.13Cryptocurrency</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#LGBT" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.14LGBT</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Abortion" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.15Abortion</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Gun_control" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.16Gun control</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#International_trade" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.17International trade</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.18Education</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Office_environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.19Office environment</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Impeachment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2.20Impeachment</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.3Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.4Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life, education, and early career[</h2>Sherman was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Los Angeles</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-history.house.gov-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> the son of Lane (from the Philadelphia area) and Maurice Hyman Sherman (from Indiana). His parents were both of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Russian Jewish</a> descent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> He attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Keppel_High_School" title="Mark Keppel High School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mark Keppel High School</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_del_Mar_High_School" title="Corona del Mar High School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Corona del Mar High School</a>. He received a B.A. in political science from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of California, Los Angeles</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> in 1974, and a J.D. magna cum laude from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harvard Law School</a> in 1979.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> He is also a tax law specialist and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Public_Accountant" title="Certified Public Accountant" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Certified Public Accountant</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> Before joining Congress, Sherman worked at one of the nations' big-four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Public_Accountant" title="Certified Public Accountant" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">CPA</a> firms, participated in audits of large businesses and governmental entities as a staff member, provided tax law counsel on multi-million-dollar transactions, advised entrepreneurs and small businesses on tax and investment issues, and helped represent the Philippine government under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corazon_Aquino" title="Corazon Aquino" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Corazon Aquino</a> in a successful effort to seize assets of deposed president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ferdinand Marcos</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> Sherman was also an instructor at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harvard Law School</a>'s International Tax Program.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-house1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Board of Equalization (1991–1996)[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Sherman&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Board of Equalization (1991–1996)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Sherman served on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Board_of_Equalization(California)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Board of Equalization (California)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California State Board of Equalization</a> from 1991 to 1996. He chaired the board from 1991 to 1995.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-house1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>It was reported that the campaign for the Board of Equalization involved numerous attacks. Claude Parrish, Sherman's opponent, said that an attorney general candidate declined to endorse Sherman due to a post on the state's elected tax appeals board. Sherman replied, calling it "one of the most outrageous hit pieces in contemporary California political history".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Potholders_to_Brickbats-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives[</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections[</h3><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 1994, incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_C.Beilenson" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony C. Beilenson" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Anthony C. Beilenson</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="California's 24th congressional district" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 24th congressional district</a> barely survived the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,1994" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1994" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Revolution</a>, winning reelection by a two-point margin,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-ourcampaigns.com-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> by far the worst election performance of his career. In 1996, Beilenson decided to retire.</h3>Sherman ran for the seat and won the seven-candidate Democratic primary with 54% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-ourcampaigns.com-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee Rich Sybert (also the 1994 nominee), 49%–44%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> He has not faced another contest nearly that close since. In 1998, he was reelected with 57% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> Since then, he has been reelected every two years with at least 62%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2012[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Sherman&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h4><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California#District_30" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 30</a></div>Redistricting following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2010 census</a> drew the homes of Sherman and fellow Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Berman" title="Howard Berman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Howard Berman</a>, who had previously represented the 28th district, into the 30th district.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> The redrawn 30th was more Sherman's district than Berman's; Sherman retained approximately 60% of his former territory, while Berman retained 20% of his former voters.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> On June 5, 2012, Sherman faced Berman in the primary for the 30th district. Sherman finished first, leading 42% to 32%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> Due to California's new election system, which put the two candidates who received the most votes in the primary against each other, regardless of party, the two faced each other again in the general election.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-New_Election_System-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> Neither candidate was endorsed by the state Democratic Party.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-No_endorsement-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a>Berman was the more established candidate. He was endorsed by over 20 congressmen, including party leaders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Steny Hoyer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Xavier Becerra</a>, and by sitting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jerry Brown</a>, sitting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Los Angeles</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Los_Angeles" title="Mayor of Los Angeles" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mayor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Villaraigosa" title="Antonio Villaraigosa" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Antonio Villaraigosa</a>, and the state's two U.S. senators, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Barbara Boxer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dianne Feinstein</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> He was also endorsed by ten Republican congressmen from California: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dreier" title="David Dreier" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">David Dreier</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger" title="Wally Herger" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Wally Herger</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren" title="Dan Lungren" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dan Lungren</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Gallegly" title="Elton Gallegly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Elton Gallegly</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_McKeon" title="Buck McKeon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Buck McKeon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Royce" title="Ed Royce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ed Royce</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis(California_politician)" title="Jerry Lewis (California politician)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jerry Lewis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ken Calvert</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bono_Mack" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Bono Mack" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mary Bono Mack</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa" title="Darrell Issa" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Darrell Issa</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a> In addition, he was endorsed by two Republican U.S. senators, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John McCain</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lindsey Graham</a>, and by Independent U.S. senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Joe Lieberman</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Strange_Bedfellows-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a>Sherman was endorsed by then-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California" title="Lieutenant Governor of California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">lieutenant governor</a> (and future governor) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gavin Newsom</a>, former president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bill Clinton</a>, and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Governor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Massachusetts governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis" title="Michael Dukakis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Michael Dukakis</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a>In the general election, Sherman defeated Berman, 60%–40%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Brad_Sherman_defeats_Howard_Berman-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure[</h3>First elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">United States House of Representatives</a> in 1996, Sherman is serving his 12th term in Congress. He is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and serves as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Asia. He is chairman emeritus of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Non-Proliferation, and Trade. He is also a senior member of the Financial Services Committee.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-house1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>Sherman has held over 160 Town Hall meetings since being elected to Congress.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a> In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonian(magazine)" title="Washingtonian (magazine)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Washingtonian</a>'s 2012 anonymous survey of congressional staff, Sherman was named the second-meanest member of the House, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sheila Jackson Lee</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Environment[</h4><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg/220px-Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="338" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg/330px-Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg/440px-Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="3008" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brad_Sherman_official_photo.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Sherman in 2012.</div></div></div>Sherman has earned a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sierra Club</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[29]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">League of Conservation Voters</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-30" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">[30]</a>Serving on the House Budget Committee in 1997, Sherman authored the Sherman Amendment to the Budget Resolution, providing an additional $700 million for the acquisition of environmentally important lands in FY 1998.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Labor[</h4>Sherman's voting record has most often earned him a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="AFL–CIO" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">AFL–CIO</a>, the Service Employees International Union (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEIU" class="mw-redirect" title="SEIU" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">SEIU</a>), and the American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFSCME" class="mw-redirect" title="AFSCME" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">AFSCME</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-The_Hill_Ratings-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Vote_Smart_Ratings-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a>Sherman was an original co-sponsor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Employee_Free_Choice_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="The Employee Free Choice Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">The Employee Free Choice Act</a> when it was introduced at the start of 2007 and when it was reintroduced in 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Gov_Track-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a>In 2008 and 2010, Sherman introduced legislation to eliminate so-called state "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Work" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to Work" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Right to Work</a>" laws nationwide,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Labor_Relations-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a> and he supports a single national standard that protects labor rights. Sherman has also opposed Free Trade deals with South Korea, Colombia, and other countries, because he believes they are bad for American workers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Brad_Sherman-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-You_Tube-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Congressman_Sherman_discussing_healthcare_to_union_workers.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Congressman Brad Sherman joins with members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) at a local supermarket in Sherman Oaks</div></div></div><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Transportation[</h4>Sherman has worked to reduce airport noise in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Fernando Valley</a>. He joined several colleagues in introducing legislation, the Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act, to allow the operator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Hope Airport" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Hope Airport</a> to implement a mandatory nighttime curfew.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Daily_News-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a>Sherman secured federal funds to initiate several improvements at the 101/405 interchange.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Vote_Smart_405-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Animal rights[</h4>Sherman's voting record has earned him a 100% rating in 2004 from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Humane Society" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Humane Society</a>, which has awarded him the "Humane Champion" award for five consecutive years.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Vote_Smart_Ratings-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Humane_Society-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a>In 2017 and 2018, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Welfare_Institute" title="Animal Welfare Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Animal Welfare Institute</a> gave Sherman a rating of 68%, based on congressional voting records.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-auto-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fiscal policy[</h4>Sherman "led the House revolt" against the original $700 billion bailout plan, known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program" title="Troubled Asset Relief Program" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Troubled Asset Relief Program</a> (TARP).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[42]</a> He introduced the "Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act", with regard to large financial entities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-43" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-43" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">43]</a>In 2010, Sherman received a 61% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chamber of Commerce</a> and a 55% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Federation of Independent Business</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a>In 2018, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chamber of Commerce</a> gave Sherman a 55% rating on issues relating to budget, spending, and taxes, and a 41% rating on issues relating to businesses and consumers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-auto-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Financial crisis[</h4>During the debate over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a> (commonly known as "the bailout of the U.S. financial system"), Sherman was an early and outspoken critic of the proposal, leading the House revolt against the bill, a move that made him "spectacularly unpopular with both the Republican and Democratic leaderships, not to mention K Street".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a> He argued that Bush and his advisors had created a panic atmosphere in an effort to get lawmakers to rubber-stamp the bill.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[46]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Social Security and health care[</h4>Sherman has said he is "opposed to creating a voucher system for Medicare". He wants to avoid "turn[ing] Social Security into a welfare program", instead keeping it "for people who contribute to it".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[47]</a>For his voting record and efforts in Congress, Sherman has consistently earned a 100% rating from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARP" title="AARP" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">AARP</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Vote_Smart_Ratings-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a> He supports the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>.Sherman helped secure funds to develop a new women's and children's patient wing at El Proyecto del Barrio's Family Health Care Clinic in Winnetka.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Wing_patients-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Housing[</h4>Sherman introduced the Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act (HR 1754), which raises the conforming loan limit for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHA_loan" class="mw-redirect" title="FHA loan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">FHA loans</a> in high-cost areas such as Sherman's district.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Real_Estate_News-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[49]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[50]</a>Sherman frequently holds seminars for Valley residents in his district, to address issues of home purchasing, home refinancing, and foreclosure avoidance.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[52]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Civil liberties[</h4>Sherman's legislative record received a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Civil Liberties Union</a> (ACLU) in 2011, a 100% from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Organization for Women</a> (NOW) in 2007–08, a 100% from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Human Rights Campaign</a> in 2009–10, and a 98% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">NAACP</a> in 2009–10.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[53]</a>Sherman co-sponsored the Due Process Guarantee Act,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[54]</a> which amends the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to provide that Congressional authorization of the use of military force does not authorize the indefinite detention without charge or trial of U.S. citizens.In 2011, Sherman voted against reauthorizing the Patriot Act<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[55]</a> because of concerns that it would infringe on certain civil liberties, including the "library provision" that allows the FBI to acquire records about what books a person has checked out from libraries.<h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Foreign relations[</h4>In August 2010, Sherman introduced legislation aimed at rescinding China's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Favored_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Favored Nation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Most Favored Nation</a> status as long as there was not "a more level playing field between our two nations".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Hill-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a> He said, "the U.S.-China trade relationship is horrendously lopsided".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Hill-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a>Sherman has introduced or co-sponsored more than 20 bills in the 111th and 112th Congresses that he says "enact tougher sanctions to isolate Iran economically and diplomatically".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a> His efforts have included legislation designed to close loopholes for U.S. companies with subsidiaries operating in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Iran</a>, and to curtail U.S. funding of international organizations providing loans to Iran.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[58]</a>Sherman has been a strong supporter and advocate of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-Israel_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.-Israel relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S-Israel relationship</a>, consistently supporting aid to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Israel</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[59]</a> In 2016, he called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee" title="American Israel Public Affairs Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Israel Public Affairs Committee</a> (AIPAC), Washington's chief pro-Israel lobbying and advocacy organization, "the single most important organization in promoting the U.S.-Israel alliance".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[60]</a> In 2004, Sherman first introduced the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-autogenerated1-61" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[61]</a> It provides grants to joint ventures between American and Israeli academics and private companies that conduct research and develop energy-efficient and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">renewable energy</a> technologies.On July 9, 2014, Sherman appeared as a guest commentator on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_America" title="Al Jazeera America" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Al Jazeera America</a>'s network. During his appearance, he criticized the network's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Qatar</a>-based owners for funding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hamas</a>. Sherman said: "Every one of those rockets [fired by Hamas into Israeli cities] is a war crime, almost every one. Of course it's a war crime committed by Hamas. And of course the owners of this TV network help fund Hamas." Sherman emphasized that Hamas often aims attacks at civilian targets. The Qatari government owns Al Jazeera.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-62" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[62]</a>In December 2014, Sherman and Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Roskam" class="mw-redirect" title="Pete Roskam" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Pete Roskam</a> requested new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions" title="Economic sanctions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">sanctions</a> on Qatar in a letter to Secretary of Treasury <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lew" title="Jack Lew" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jack Lew</a>. They also asked for a detailed accounting of public and private financing from within Qatar for Hamas, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Al-Qaeda</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Islamic State</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front" title="Al-Nusra Front" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">al-Nusra Front</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-63" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[63]</a>Sherman and other pro-Israel members of Congress have introduced legislation to allow Israel to be part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_waiver_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Visa waiver program" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">visa waiver program</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-64" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[64]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-JTA-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a> The legislation failed because the Israeli government was unwilling to grant reciprocal visa-free travel for all U.S. citizens.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-JTA-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a>As a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sherman has focused on Congressional recognition of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Armenian genocide</a>, as well as increasing funding to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Armenia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, which is officially part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Azerbaijan</a>, but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">separatist war</a> in 1994.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[66]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[67]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-68" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[68]</a> He called for the imposition of sanctions against Azerbaijan.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-69" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[69]</a>Sherman urged the Trump administration to take a tougher line on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">China</a> by imposing sanctions on Chinese officials who are responsible for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinjiang re-education camps" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">human rights abuses</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Uyghur</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_China" title="Islam in China" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Muslim</a> minority in China's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Xinjiang</a> region. In March 2019, Sherman and other lawmakers wrote Secretary of State <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mike Pompeo</a> a letter that read in part, "This issue is bigger than just China. It is about demonstrating to strongmen globally that the world will hold them accountable for their actions."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-70" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[70]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Religion[</h4>Sherman and his wife, who are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jewish</a>, have been members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Beth_Shalom" title="Valley Beth Shalom" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Valley Beth Shalom</a>, a conservative synagogue in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encino,California" class="mw-redirect" title="Encino, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Encino, California</a>, for many years.As a congressman, Sherman has appeared at events sponsored by virtually every religious denomination practiced in America – including Orthodox Jewish,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-71" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[71]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-72" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[72]</a> Reform Jewish, Conservative Jewish, Reconstructionist Jewish, Traditional Persian Jewish,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-73" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[73]</a> Sephardic Jewish, Scientologist,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Nots-74" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[74]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-clabaugh-75" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[75]</a> Muslim, Catholic,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-76" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[76]</a> Roman Catholic, Coptic Christian, The Assyrian Church, Greek Orthodox, the Armenian Church,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-77" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[77]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-78" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[78]</a> Sikh,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-79" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[79]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-80" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[80]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-81" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[81]</a> Buddhist, Hindu, Russian Orthodox, the Hungarian reformed Orthodox Church, Episcopalian, Methodist, Presbyterian, the Church of Christ, nondenominational Christian, and evangelical Christian.Sherman expressed condolences to the Sikh community after the deadly shootings at a Sikh temple in August 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-82" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[82]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-83" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[83]</a> After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">September 11 attacks</a>, Sherman joined colleagues in introducing a resolution to condemn bigotry and violence against Sikh-Americans.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-84" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[84]</a> He has advocated on behalf of religious minorities outside the U.S., including Hindus in Pakistan and Christians and Jews in the Arab world.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-85" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[85]</a> Sherman introduced the Religious Minorities in the Arab World Resolution, which calls for the protection of the rights and freedoms of ethno-religious minorities, particularly in Egypt and Iraq.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-86" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[86]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Internet policy[</h4>In 2011, Sherman co-sponsored <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOPA" class="mw-redirect" title="SOPA" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">SOPA</a>, a controversial copyright bill.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-govtrack-87" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[87]</a> His 2012 opponent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Berman" title="Howard Berman" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Howard Berman</a>, was an original co-sponsor of SOPA.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-88" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[88]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cryptocurrency[</h4>On March 14, 2018, Sherman made highly critical remarks about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bitcoin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">cryptocurrency</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_coin_offering" title="Initial coin offering" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">initial coin offerings</a>. He started his prepared remarks by saying, "Cryptocurrencies are a crock". He further said, on Congressional record, that all Bitcoin does is allow "a few dozen men in my district to sit in their pajamas on their couch all day and tell their wives they are going to be millionaires". He further suggested that Bitcoin provides no value to the real economy, asking: "When you buy a Bitcoin, are you helping build a new factory?"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-89" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[89]</a> On July 18, 2018, Sherman called for a ban on dealing in or mining of cryptocurrencies by U.S. persons and said that use of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange is useful only to people facilitating narcotics trafficking, terrorism, and tax evasion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-90" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[90]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">LGBT[</h4>Sherman strongly supports <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States" title="LGBT rights in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">LGBT rights</a>. He earned a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Human Rights Campaign</a>, the nation's largest LGBT rights group, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="114th Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">114th</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">113th</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">112th Congresses</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-91" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[91]</a>Sherman is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_Equality_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT Equality Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">LGBT Equality Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-92" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[92]</a> and supports <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">same-sex marriage</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-93" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[93]</a> He voted for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-94" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[94]</a>Sherman was an original co-sponsor of Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jared Polis</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_Non-Discrimination_Act" title="Student Non-Discrimination Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Student Non-Discrimination Act</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-95" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[95]</a> Sherman is also a co-sponsor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act" title="Employment Non-Discrimination Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Employment Non-Discrimination Act</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-96" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[96]</a> In 2009, he voted for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-97" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[97]</a> which imposes additional federal penalties for crimes motivated by hatred on the basis of race, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation.<h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abortion[</h4>Sherman is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">pro-choice</a>. He earned a 100% rating from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARAL" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">NARAL</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Planned Parenthood</a> in 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-98" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[98]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-99" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[99]</a> Sherman opposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbs_v.Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">overturning of Roe v. Wade</a>, calling it "appalling and outrageous."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Sherman-100" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[100]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gun control[</h4>Sherman has worked to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_5.7%C3%9728mm#Controversy" title="FN 5.7×28mm" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">expand the definition of armor-piercing ammunition</a>. He sponsored the Protect Law Enforcement Armor (PLEA) Act.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-101" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[101]</a> Sherman has received a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Campaign_to_Prevent_Gun_Violence" class="mw-redirect" title="Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-The_Hill_Ratings-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">International trade[</h4>Sherman opposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> (NAFTA) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Central American Free Trade Agreement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Central American Free Trade Agreement</a> (CAFTA), arguing that they cost American jobs, fail to protect foreign workers, harm the environment, and cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-102" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[102]</a> He has also opposed a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea, arguing that such an agreement could undermine U.S. security and economic interests by benefiting China and North Korea.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-103" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[103]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Education[</h4>Sherman has earned a 100% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Teachers_Association" title="California Teachers Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California Teachers Association</a>,[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] the National Education Association,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-104" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[104]</a> and the American Federation of Teachers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-105" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[105]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Office environment[</h4>In December 2017, eight former aides to Sherman said that his offices in Washington, D. C., and California had a toxic environment characterized by frequent "verbal abuse from the congressman and senior staff that made them feel bullied and demoralized".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a> A focus of the criticism was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dababneh" title="Matt Dababneh" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Matt Dababneh</a>, Sherman's district director and a close advisor,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a> who began working for Sherman in 2005, and became district director to Sherman in 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Mason-107" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[107]</a> Dababneh was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California State Assembly</a> in 2013<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Mason-107" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[107]</a> and resigned from that body after allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct were made against him.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a> Former employees in Sherman's office told the Los Angeles Times that Dababneh frequently made inappropriate sexual remarks, including degrading and sexist comments, and bragged about his sexual exploits.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a> No one suggested that Sherman knew of Dababneh's conduct, but several staffers said that the office environment did not encourage reporting and that Sherman would not have been receptive to complaints about a trusted advisor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a>Sherman has acknowledged being "a demanding boss" but "denied that his management style contributed to the silence about Dababneh's behavior".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a> Surveys of Capitol Hill staff rated Sherman as one of the worst members of Congress to work for, with high staff turnover rates.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-Cadei-106" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[106]</a>In January 2018, Sherman held a town hall meeting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseda,California" class="mw-redirect" title="Reseda, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Reseda</a>, where a questioner who supported a Democratic primary challenger to Sherman accused Sherman of having an inadequate sexual harassment policy. Sherman replied: "We have five different ways to report sexual harassment in my office. One among those is to talk to me personally. And I talk to each staff member several times a year about the office policy." The exchange was cut from a video of the event that Sherman's office posted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">YouTube</a>; the office said that it excluded from the highlight reel "all questions asked by a questioner working with an opponent's campaign if the questioner failed to disclose that fact in their question".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-108" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[108]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Impeachment[</h4>On July 12, 2017, Sherman introduced an Article of Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Donald J. Trump</a> for High Crimes and Misdemeanors on the grounds that Trump attempted to obstruct justice by firing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey" title="James Comey" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">James Comey</a> from the F.B.I.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-109" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[109]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-110" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[110]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-111" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[111]</a> Sherman had only one co-sponsor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Green(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Al Green</a>, who first called for Trump's impeachment in May 2017.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-112" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[112]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments[</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Financial Services</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, Chairman</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Consumer_Protection_and_Financial_Institutions" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Foreign Affairs</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Asia,the_Pacific_and_Nonproliferation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-Proliferation</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counter-Terrorism</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,Space,and_Technology" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United States House Science Subcommittee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics</li></ul></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Caucus memberships[</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus" title="Congressional Progressive Caucus" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Congressional Progressive Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-113" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-113" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">113]</a></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Allies_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel Allies Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Israel Allies Caucus</a> (co-chair)</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congressional_Sindh_Caucus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congressional Sindh Caucus (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Sindh Caucus</a> (chair)</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Baltic_Caucus" title="House Baltic Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">House Baltic Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-114" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[114]</a></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Arts_Caucus" title="Congressional Arts Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Arts Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-115" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[115]</a></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus" title="Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-116" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[116]</a></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life[</h2>On December 3, 2006, Sherman married Lisa Nicola Kaplan, a foreign affairs officer for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. State Department</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-117" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[117]</a> The couple's first child, Molly Hannah Sherman, was born on January 14, 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-118" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[118]</a> Their second, Naomi Claire Sherman, was born on February 6, 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-119" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[119]</a> Their third, Lucy Rayna Sherman, was born on August 8, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Sherman#cite_note-120" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[120]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Sherman&action=edit&section=30&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: See also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Jewish members of the United States Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">List of Jewish members of the United States Congress</a></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">References</h2></div><div>...</div><div>
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