Honorable Howard Berman
U.S. Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Berman, of the Twenty-Eighth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from his statement during the July 27, 2010, House floor debate on House Concurrent Resolution 301, directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Pakistan. This is the second time in four months we are debating a resolution under the War Powers Act. I welcome congressional scrutiny of the commitment of U.S. forces abroad, and I appreciate the gentleman from Ohio’s [Representative Dennis Kucinich (OH-D)] effort to focus…
