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Brad Sherman

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Brad Sherman is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 30th congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Sherman has focused on various issues including financial regulation, foreign policy, and technology. He has been an advocate for consumer protection and has worked on legislation related to economic stability and national security. Throughout his tenure, he has participated in numerous congressional committees and has been involved in significant legislative efforts.

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Sep 27, 2016

Two million phony accounts not detected by the regulators. Break them up.

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Sep 27, 2016

But if you broke Wells Fargo up, then instead of trying to hold them up to those really high standards, people could choose which financial institution to go with.

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Sep 27, 2016

I will remind you that the FSOC has the authority to break up the biggest banks.

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Sep 27, 2016

I join the Chair in saying that it is a good idea to tailor your regulations.

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Sep 26, 2016

Clearly, the IRGC is a terrorist organization. It ought to be designated as such.

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Sep 26, 2016

If that collapses, they get millions of refugees and they get an American army on their border.

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Sep 26, 2016

Kidnapping civilians and continuing to hold them, not to mention shelling South Korean territory.

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Sep 26, 2016

These kidnappings may have occurred decades ago, but they are still holding the kidnapped victims or their bodies.

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Sep 26, 2016

Since then, I can't say their behavior has improved.

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Sep 26, 2016

Please, make it very explicit, no nonstop flights.

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Sep 21, 2016

The Philippines wants to calm down. Japan is willing to spend only 1 percent of its GDP defending itself.

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Sep 21, 2016

The control of these islands--and I'm not saying China should control them--would give them the capacity to blockade their own ports.

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Sep 21, 2016

We should focus on the threats to the United States, especially terrorism, also North Korea.

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Sep 21, 2016

We should resist a tendency that I see at the Pentagon to try to reconfigure our military as one devoted to fighting China in the South China Sea.

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Sep 21, 2016

It is a clear violation of everything that you learn about accounting theory.

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Sep 21, 2016

But we say that you match the expenditure with the revenue it generates.

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Sep 21, 2016

Research is critical to our Nation.

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Sep 21, 2016

FASB exercises tremendous government power. It is funded by a tax.

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Sep 20, 2016

Delaware is out there advertising, in effect, we will protect management.

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Sep 20, 2016

We ought to have shareholder protections that are national in nature.

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Sep 13, 2016

I will just comment briefly. It is my understanding that the statute the gentleman was referring to only provides a statement of policy and not a statutory limit on the power of the President.

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Sep 13, 2016

I think very few people have taken that position.

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Sep 13, 2016

U.S. citizens, I believe, have collected $2.5 billion in settlements from Iran.

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Sep 13, 2016

I don't think we have ever said that they don't owe us anything...

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Sep 13, 2016

This was Iran's money. The Shah sent $400 million in the 1970s. We held on to it.

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