1. 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.
47 Facts About Brad Sherman
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Brad Sherman's district includes parts of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and the eastern part of the Simi Hills in Ventura County.
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Brad Sherman was born in Los Angeles, the son of Lane and Maurice Hyman Brad Sherman.
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Brad Sherman is a Certified Public Accountant who worked at one of the nations' Big Four accounting firms.
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Brad Sherman was an instructor at Harvard Law School's International Tax Program.
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Brad Sherman served on the California State Board of Equalization from 1991 to 1997.
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Brad Sherman called it "one of the most outrageous hit pieces in contemporary California political history".
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In turn, Brad Sherman claimed that Parrish's ice cream company had been shut down in 1985 for failure to pay state income taxes.
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Brad Sherman said that he relied on public records in making his allegations.
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Besides, Brad Sherman said, the 1983 suspension could only have occurred because of previous tax delinquencies.
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Brad Sherman was re-elected to the Board of Equalization in 1994, but resigned January 3,1997, having been elected to Congress.
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Brad Sherman has not faced another contest nearly that close since.
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On June 5,2012, Brad Sherman faced Berman in the primary for the 30th district.
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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.
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Brad Sherman was endorsed by two Republican US senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, and by Independent US senator Joe Lieberman.
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Brad Sherman was endorsed by then-lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom, former president Bill Clinton, and former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
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Brad Sherman is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Brad Sherman has held over 160 Town Hall meetings since being elected to Congress.
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Brad Sherman has introduced legislation to implement a mandatory nighttime curfew at Bob Hope Airport to reduce airport noise in the San Fernando Valley.
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In 2022, Brad Sherman expressed concern about the construction of an underground metro line connecting San Fernando Valley with the influent neighborhood of Westside.
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Brad Sherman asked the LA Metro to listen to concerns by prominent Westside residents, such as Fred Rosen and the Bel Air Association Metro Committee.
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Brad Sherman argued that Bush and his advisors had created a panic atmosphere in an effort to get lawmakers to rubber-stamp the bill.
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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.
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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.
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Brad Sherman has said he is "opposed to creating a voucher system for Medicare".
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Brad Sherman wants to avoid "turn[ing] Social Security into a welfare program", instead keeping it "for people who contribute to it".
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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.
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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.
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Brad Sherman said, "the US-China trade relationship is horrendously lopsided".
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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".
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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.
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In 2004, Brad Sherman first introduced the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Act.
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On July 9,2014, Brad Sherman appeared as a guest commentator on the Al Jazeera America's network.
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Brad Sherman called for the imposition of sanctions against Azerbaijan.
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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.
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Brad Sherman's 2012 opponent, Howard Berman, was an original co-sponsor of SOPA.
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Brad Sherman is a member of the LGBT Equality Caucus and supports same-sex marriage.
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Brad Sherman voted for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
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Brad Sherman was an original co-sponsor of Representative Jared Polis's Student Non-Discrimination Act.
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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 who made them feel bullied and demoralized".
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Brad Sherman has acknowledged being "a demanding boss" but "denied that his management style contributed to the silence about Dababneh's behavior".
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Brad Sherman had only one co-sponsor, Al Green, who first called for Trump's impeachment in May 2017.
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Brad Sherman informed Trump that many people affected by the fires had their insurance canceled and urged him to support substantial federal funding for rebuilding programs.
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However, Brad Sherman criticized Trump's earlier comments about tying such funding to requirements like Voter ID.
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Brad Sherman expressed his support for relief funding in states like Louisiana and North Dakota, even though he disagrees with some of their political policies.
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On December 3,2006, Brad Sherman married Lisa Nicola Kaplan, a foreign affairs officer for the US State Department.
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The couple's first child, Molly Hannah Brad Sherman, was born on January 14,2009.