Brad Sherman

Well, we were attacked on 9/11. How many Japanese soldiers were put in harm's way to defend the United States after that attack?

How do we get a mutual defense agreement with Japan instead of a one-sided one where we have to defend them, and they don't do anything for us, except help defend themselves?

Our foreign policy establishment promoted trade deals that have decimated America and sucked the marrow out of the middle of this country.

We are not going to be making it hard for Kim to breathe. We are going to be letting our foot off his neck.

That is an important provision, especially as we continue to use sanctions to achieve our foreign policy objectives.

The failure of the Senate to take up that bill is further proof of the desirability of a unicameral legislature.

I would hope that we would have a hearing before the agreement is sent to Congress, because that is when the hearing can enlighten the administration as to what ought to be in that agreement.

Amendment to H.R. 5681 offered by the Honorable Brad Sherman

This deal is not a treaty. It has no standing under U.S. law except as a handshake from the President.

You can be sure that Iran will violate this agreement or not, based on whether it's in their interest.

Now, under U.S.--now as the law--under U.S. law the only thing that's binding on the U.S. is a tree that's designed as a treaty.

I would hope that Congress would reject that view.

He wants to sanction Iran in order to desecrate a document signed by his predecessor.

It is terrible statecraft.

I would simply make the point our State Department asks for way too little from those who have benefited from American action.

We bombed Serbs in order to save Kosovars and probably did the right thing.

Does the average person in Jakarta or Rabat know this?

One would think that this is all illogic and has no pattern, but there is a clear pattern.

Yugoslavia shows a clash of the two great principles of diplomacy and international law, self-determination and territorial integrity.

Muslims in this world have been faced with genocide twice, Kosovo and Bosnia.

I want to take this moment, also, to voice my support for the other bills that are before us.

I particularly want to associate myself with the comments of Ms. Frankel from Florida and her excellent work on the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act.

This amendment will ensure that the Department of Commerce... explicitly gathers information and takes into consideration whether a major export... will have a negative impact on the production of items that are needed for our own national…

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5040 offered by the Honorable Brad Sherman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California.

It is the executive branch that over the last 22 years has not been as supportive.