57 Facts About Brad Sherman

Bradley James Sherman was born on October 24,1954 and is an American accountant and politician serving as the US representative for California's 32nd congressional district.

Brad Sherman's district is in the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles County, as well as the eastern part of the Simi Hills in Ventura County.

Brad Sherman was born in Los Angeles, the son of Lane and Maurice Hyman Brad Sherman.

Brad Sherman is a tax law specialist and Certified Public Accountant.

Brad Sherman was an instructor at Harvard Law School's International Tax Program.

Brad Sherman served on the California State Board of Equalization from 1991 to 1996.

Claude Parrish, Brad Sherman's opponent, said that an attorney general candidate declined to endorse Brad Sherman due to a post on the state's elected tax appeals board.

Brad Sherman replied, calling it "one of the most outrageous hit pieces in contemporary California political history".

Brad Sherman has not faced another contest nearly that close since.

On June 5,2012, Brad Sherman faced Berman in the primary for the 30th district.

Brad Sherman was endorsed by ten Republican congressmen from California: David Dreier, Wally Herger, Dan Lungren, Elton Gallegly, Buck McKeon, Ed Royce, Jerry Lewis, Ken Calvert, Mary Bono Mack, and Darrell Issa.

Brad Sherman was endorsed by then-lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom, former president Bill Clinton, and former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.

Brad Sherman is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and serves as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Asia.

Brad Sherman is chairman emeritus of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Non-Proliferation, and Trade.

Brad Sherman is a senior member of the Financial Services Committee.

Brad Sherman has held over 160 Town Hall meetings since being elected to Congress.

Brad Sherman was an original co-sponsor of The Employee Free Choice Act when it was introduced at the start of 2007 and when it was reintroduced in 2009.

In 2008 and 2010, Brad Sherman introduced legislation to eliminate so-called state "Right to Work" laws nationwide, and he supports a single national standard that protects labor rights.

Brad Sherman has opposed Free Trade deals with South Korea, Colombia, and other countries, because he believes they are bad for American workers.

Brad Sherman has worked to reduce airport noise in the San Fernando Valley.

Brad Sherman joined several colleagues in introducing legislation, the Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act, to allow the operator of Bob Hope Airport to implement a mandatory nighttime curfew.

Brad Sherman "led the House revolt" against the original $700 billion bailout plan, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Brad Sherman introduced the "Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act", with regard to large financial entities.

Brad Sherman argued that Bush and his advisors had created a panic atmosphere in an effort to get lawmakers to rubber-stamp the bill.

Brad Sherman has said he is "opposed to creating a voucher system for Medicare".

Brad Sherman wants to avoid "turn[ing] Social Security into a welfare program", instead keeping it "for people who contribute to it".

Brad 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.

Brad Sherman introduced the Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act, which raises the conforming loan limit for FHA loans in high-cost areas such as Brad Sherman's district.

Brad Sherman frequently holds seminars for Valley residents in his district, to address issues of home purchasing, home refinancing, and foreclosure avoidance.

Brad Sherman co-sponsored the Due Process Guarantee Act, 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 US citizens.

In 2011, Brad Sherman voted against reauthorizing the Patriot Act 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.

Brad Sherman said, "the US-China trade relationship is horrendously lopsided".

Brad 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".

Brad Sherman's efforts have included legislation designed to close loopholes for US companies with subsidiaries operating in Iran, and to curtail US funding of international organizations providing loans to Iran.

In 2004, Brad Sherman first introduced the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Act.

On July 9,2014, Brad Sherman appeared as a guest commentator on the Al Jazeera America's network.

Brad Sherman called for the imposition of sanctions against Azerbaijan.

Brad Sherman urged the Trump administration to take a tougher line on China by imposing sanctions on Chinese officials who are responsible for human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region.

Brad Sherman expressed condolences to the Sikh community after the deadly shootings at a Sikh temple in August 2012.

Brad Sherman has advocated on behalf of religious minorities outside the US, including Hindus in Pakistan and Christians and Jews in the Arab world.

Brad 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.

Brad Sherman's 2012 opponent, Howard Berman, was an original co-sponsor of SOPA.

On March 14,2018, Brad Sherman made highly critical remarks about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and initial coin offerings.

Brad Sherman started his prepared remarks by saying, "Cryptocurrencies are a crock".

Brad Sherman 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".

Brad Sherman is a member of the LGBT Equality Caucus and supports same-sex marriage.

Brad Sherman voted for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

Brad Sherman was an original co-sponsor of Representative Jared Polis's Student Non-Discrimination Act.

Brad Sherman has worked to expand the definition of armor-piercing ammunition.

Brad Sherman sponsored the Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act.

Brad Sherman opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement, arguing that they cost American jobs, fail to protect foreign workers, harm the environment, and cost US taxpayers billions of dollars.

Brad Sherman has opposed a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea, arguing that such an agreement could undermine US security and economic interests by benefiting China and North Korea.

In December 2017, eight former aides to Brad Sherman said that his offices in Washington, DC, and California had a toxic environment characterized by frequent "verbal abuse from the congressman and senior staff that made them feel bullied and demoralized".

Brad Sherman has acknowledged being "a demanding boss" but "denied that his management style contributed to the silence about Dababneh's behavior".

Brad Sherman had only one co-sponsor, Al Green, who first called for Trump's impeachment in May 2017.

On December 3,2006, Brad Sherman married Lisa Nicola Kaplan, a foreign affairs officer for the US State Department.

The couple's first child, Molly Hannah Brad Sherman, was born on January 14,2009.