Howard Berman
Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Bermanis an attorney and former U.S. Representative, last serving California's 28th congressional district, serving in Congress from 1983 to 2013. The district, numbered as the 26th District from 1983 to 2003, included about half of the San Fernando Valley. Berman is a Democrat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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There's a natural interest in international affairs, perhaps even greater than other parts of the country. California's economy, its international dimension, plays a huge factor as well as the part that so many Californians come from other countries.
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How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product?
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I would know if there was. But we're on the horns of a dilemma here. I want a narrow fix -- to use Soyuz to bring people up and down. That's all.
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Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.
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We have a bill which to my way of thinking has stripped out very significant reforms.
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It is wrong to say the U.S. should "not take sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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It's a "man bites dog" story when longtime adversaries come together to lobby Members of Congress to support a bill.
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This bill does exactly what the administration said it wanted ... It sanctions companies, not countries, that sell weapons technologies. Buying time, to me, is a very important asset.
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This important legislation addresses two harsh realities: an intolerably high percentage of the farm workers who plant and harvest our produce are undocumented - and they are the most poorly paid and poorly treated workers in the United States.
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It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.
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He's a legislator, not a press hound. He isn't doing things for the purpose of getting known, he's doing things for the purpose of having an impact.
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I do believe that there's a patent quality problem. A lot of people who don't have an ax to grind think there needs to be reform.
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I do believe that there's a patent quality problem,
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It is wrong to say the U.S. should "not take sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.