Rep. Howard Berman

Democrat  •  28th District, California  •  14th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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11/19/09
Welcome | Project on Middle East Democracy

The meeting was opened was a keynote address from Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The opening session also featured Egyptian politician Ayman Nour, who joined the conference by phone ...

11/19/09
ADRIAN'S BLOG: Remove the Ban on its Citizens to Travel to Cuba

... every U.S. citizen can travel to any country on earth, whether friends or enemies of the country, with only one exception, Cuba," said Republican Senator Richard Lugar, and members of Congress from Democrats , Howard Berman. ...

11/19/09
National Journal Online -- Under The Influence -- Patton Boggs ...

Wells, who worked under current committee chairman Howard Berman, D-Calif. and the late Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., dealt with issues such as international refugee policy and immigration matters, international women's issues, ...

11/19/09
Latin American Herald Tribune - U.S. Lawmakers Urge End to Ban on ...

In an op-ed piece in The Miami Herald, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded that the ...

11/19/09
Give Us Liberty

HOWARD BERMAN D CA-28* Rep. MIKE QUIGLEY D IL-5* Rep. BRAD ELLSWORTH D IN-8* Rep. JACKIE SPEIER D CA-12* Rep. GEORGE MILLER D CA-7* Rep. SUSAN DAVIS D CA-53* Rep. LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA-47* Rep. JOE BACA D CA-43* Rep. ...

11/19/09
House chairman wants to allow travel to Cuba

Chairman Howard Berman. He and other critics said they are not trying to end the embargo. Berman called the Castro brothers “dictators and despots.” But they said it's time to take a different approach to Cuba, starting with ending the ...

11/18/09
The real conflict in Cuba is not between the US and the Castro ...

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the HFAC, respectively, fired the first salvo with an op-ed in the Miami Herald calling for the ...

11/18/09
ExportLawBlog » Wednesday Export Law Grab Bag

The Miami Herald published a bipartisan letter on Tuesday from Republican Richard Lugar and Democrat Howard Berman urging an end to the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba, noting that Cuba was the only country in the world to which Americans ...

11/18/09
Epoch Times - Cuba's Raul Castro Maintains Fidel's Repression ...

That would be "the best anti-Castro-policy," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman told Reuters. Americans visiting Cuba would be ambassadors of democratic values, thus undermining the Castro government, he said. ...

11/18/09
Cuban Colada

In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Ca.),José Miguel Vivanco, director of the HRW's Americas Division, pointed out that HRW had just issued a report critical of the Cuban ...

11/18/09
Give Us Liberty: PALIN TAKES MICHIGAN BY STORM...

HOWARD BERMAN D CA-28* Rep. MIKE QUIGLEY D IL-5* Rep. BRAD ELLSWORTH D IN-8* Rep. JACKIE SPEIER D CA-12* Rep. GEORGE MILLER D CA-7* Rep. SUSAN DAVIS D CA-53* Rep. LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA-47* Rep. JOE BACA D CA-43* Rep. ...

11/18/09
tuscolatoday.com - The Michigan Thumb's leading news and ...

That would be "the best anti-Castro-policy," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman told Reuters. Americans visiting Cuba would be ambassadors of democratic values, thus undermining the Castro government, he said. ... But Florida

11/18/09
Capitol Hill Cubans: Time for a Reality Check

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana and Congressman Howard Berman of California wrote an opinion editorial in the Miami Herald advocating for the unconditional removal of the tourism-related sanctions towards the Castro ...

11/18/09
Same Song, Different Verse « Patrick J. Buchanan

Democratic Representative Howard Berman and Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, co-sponsors of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 which advocates cutting off gasoline imports, spoke emotionally about the ...

11/17/09
Top House Dem: "Let's travel to Cuba" | Naked Politics

Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says in an op-ed in today's Herald that the US should allow Americans to travel to Cuba.

11/17/09
Cuba Travel Ban Cleared for Landing (The Havana Note)

And given the tangle of priority foreign policy challenges facing the United States (Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Israel/Palestine, to name just a few), the fact that Howard Berman is holding this hearing, despite his Ranking ...

11/17/09
BI-PARTISAN Team of Berman and Lugar Call for End to Cuba Travel ...

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) objected to publication and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Howard Berman (D-CA) agreed with her. Bottom line: the American people will not be able to access the Goldstone Report on a US ...

11/17/09
Howard Berman/Richard Lugar BIPARTISAN Team Call For End to Cuba ...

Howard Berman/Richard Lugar BIPARTISAN Team Call For End to Cuba Travel Ban Huffington Post (blog) In fact, their piece, titled "Lift the Ban — Let Americans Visit Cuba" really calls for ending travel restrictions on Americans going ...

11/17/09
From Our Friends at The Washington Note and The Havana Note

From our friends at The Washington Note, a very interesting commentary on an Opinion Editorial written by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-California) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member ...

11/17/09
Give Us Liberty

HOWARD BERMAN D CA-28* Rep. MIKE QUIGLEY D IL-5* Rep. BRAD ELLSWORTH D IN-8* Rep. JACKIE SPEIER D CA-12* Rep. GEORGE MILLER D CA-7* Rep. SUSAN DAVIS D CA-53* Rep. LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA-47* Rep. JOE BACA D CA-43* Rep. ...

11/17/09
Steve Clemons: Howard Berman/Richard Lugar BIPARTISAN Team Call ...

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) and House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) have jointly.

Source: TipTe.com
11/17/09
US lawmakers call for ending Cuba travel ban « Big Bear ...

Veteran Republican Senator Richard Lugar and Democratic Congressman Howard Berman insist that the Cuba travel ban has been obsolete and should be discarded as a foreign policy measure. Lugar, the top Republican on the United States ...

11/17/09
Congress Hearing on Cuba Travel Ban

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) penned a joint piece with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) in the Miami Herald. In the article, Rep. Berman & Sen. Lugar say that “US travelers' dollars could aid the underground ...

11/17/09
Congress Hearing on Cuba Travel Ban

US Congress Hearing - Cuba Travel Ban. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) penned a joint piece with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) in the Miami Herald. In the article, Rep. Berman & Sen. ...

11/17/09
Arab democrats speak out

9:00- 9:30: Keynote: Congressman Howard Berman, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 9:30-9:45: A Message on Middle Eastern Democracy from Ayman Nour, Head of the Egyptian El Ghad Party, former MP and Presidential Candidate ...

11/17/09
Steve Clemons: Howard Berman/Richard Lugar BIPARTISAN Team Call ...

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) have jointly written.

11/17/09
The Cuban Triangle: "Conditionality is not leverage in this case"

A Herald op-ed calling for repeal of U.S. travel restrictions by Senator Richard Lugar and Congressman Howard Berman, respectively the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs ...

11/17/09
Congress Hearing on Cuba Travel Ban

...Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) penned a joint piece with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) in the Miami Herald. In the article, Rep. Berman & Sen. Lugar say that “U.S. travelers’ dollars could aid the underground economy and the small self-employed secto

Source: UpTake
11/17/09
Give Us Liberty: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

HOWARD BERMAN D CA-28* Rep. MIKE QUIGLEY D IL-5* Rep. BRAD ELLSWORTH D IN-8* Rep. JACKIE SPEIER D CA-12* Rep. GEORGE MILLER D CA-7* Rep. SUSAN DAVIS D CA-53* Rep. LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA-47* Rep. JOE BACA D CA-43* Rep. ...

11/16/09
Investors.com - Obama Administration May Ease Controls On High ...

House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Howard Berman, D-Calif., is expected to introduce legislation next year tied to the export rules overhaul. Many high-tech industries — including aerospace, information technology, ...

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