26 Quotes by Howard Berman

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.

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.

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.

We have a bill which to my way of thinking has stripped out very significant reforms.

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.

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.

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.

It is wrong to say the U.S. should "not take sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

It's a "man bites dog" story when longtime adversaries come together to lobby Members of Congress to support a bill.