Howard Berman

this Saturday, April 24, marks the 84th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian genocide. I rise today to commemorate this terrible chapter in human history, and to help ensure it will be forgotten. On April 24, 1915, the Turkish…

I rise in support of H.R. 769, a bill to implement the Madrid Protocol Agreement providing for an international registration system for trademarks. I am strongly of the belief that the one-stop shop provided for in the Madrid Protocol…

I am truly heartbroken today to rise to say a final farewell to my friend and former staff member, Joyce Chiang. On January 9, Joyce vanished from her neighborhood. On April 1, she was found on the shore of the Potomac River in southern…

This is not a resolution to catalog all of the violations that have occurred by one party or another and to make an accurate statement of who has been wronged and who has not been wronged. It is not about the past, it is about the future…

Under this proposal, the rule provides a limit on gifts from any one source of $50 individually, $100 cumulatively. I ask the Members to recall that 2 years ago, the rule was at the indefensibly high level of $250, and we allowed…

I am very gratified that we finally have before us today the conference report on H.R. 2281, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Enactment of this legislation will make it possible for the United States to adhere to the World…

today I speak in strong support of H. Con. Res. 309, which condemns the forced abduction of children by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. I thank my esteemed colleague Mr. Payne for introducing this resolution. I…

I rise to honor the service to the United States of America by Mr. Lee H. Hamilton. In my 16 years in the House of Representatives I have come to know and admire Lee for the wisdom and seriousness which he brings to consideration of the…

it is fitting that we take time in this particular appropriations bill to pay a small tribute to our retiring colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. Vic Fazio). Because while Vic's imprint is in so many areas of public policy in…

I would recommend he go see a movie called The Producers, a Mel Brooks film, where two guys are putting together a play they were sure would be a flop. It was called Springtime for Hitler. They sold 1,000 percent of the play, knowing it…

This is not an issue about the role of missile defenses. In the wake of the end of the Cold War and in the context of a very dangerous world where rogue states and accidental launches loom larger than ever in terms of the problems, I think…

this day has been a long time coming. Going back nine years as the technological capacity to make unauthorized copies of copyrights works was rapidly expanding, some of us anticipated the need to enact legislation to protect technological…

I oppose the Rohrabacher motion. I do so with great reluctance, because I have tremendous respect for many of the people leading the fight against this waiver. But Jackson-Vanick is about immigration. Anyone who has studied the statistics…

my amendment, which I am showing both to the chair and ranking members of this subcommittee, would simply ensure that certain FEMA disaster funds related to the 1994 Northridge earthquake are used in a fair and appropriate manner. After…

I rise in support of another year's extension of normal trade relations, formerly known as ``Most Favored Nations trade,'' for China. This is a tough issue, and I have great respect for people who come down on either side of the question…

I am taking out this special order here today in conjunction with my friend and colleague from Texas (Mr. Frost) to discuss H.R. 2709, the Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997. The President must decide tomorrow whether or not…

I do not think supporting this resolution is standing up for human rights. I think well-intentioned people can disagree about this, but for me this is the essence of meaningless symbolism over real substance. If Members do not think the…

it is my deep pleasure to rise in support of H. Res. 350, which I cosponsored with Mr. Bereuter, in honor of the people of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of their nation's independence. We have a long and deep…

I rise to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide, a period of tragic oppression and terrible suffering. On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government began to arrest Armenian community and political leaders…

The point I think the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) is making, which I was trying to amplify, is the fact that that was the reason why the people came from the restaurants to originally complain that started the whole history of…

I guess if the gentleman from Wisconsin had offered an amendment saying that everyone who owns a restaurant gets to deduct 50 percent of their lease price, the gentleman from Indiana would say, in a Republican-controlled Congress, we have…

But this was central to the complaints that has initiated the whole fight that has been going on for, I think, 8, 10 years in the Committee on the Judiciary. Secondly, it was always put in the context of the small restaurant or the small…

The Sensenbrenner amendment simply is not an amendment that exempts some restaurants and bars. It exempts all retail establishments. But it does a number of other things. It fundamentally changes the whole concept of vicarious and…

If a company in Russia proliferates missile technology in Iran, we are not going to make the Russian Government responsible. They did not make the decision, it was just some company in Russia. It undermines every aspect of enforcement here…

I think when we examine this closely, and I say this with tremendous respect for both the sincerity and the principle, not to mention the legal acumen of the sponsor of this resolution, but this is a laughable way to claim we are…