Howard Berman, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Former Member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA)
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the United States Maintain Its Embargo against Cuba?"
- Reasoning:
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“I am passionately opposed to the travel restrictions because I feel they infringe on Americans’ right to travel, and are foolish. I am mildly opposed to the embargo because I think it is foolish. We have utilized it for decades, and it hasn’t achieve its goal of bringing down a despotic regime.”
Email to ProCon.org, Apr. 26, 2013
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling lobbying firm, 2013-present
- Member, US House of Representatives (D-CA), Jan. 3, 1983–Jan. 3, 2013
- Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Feb. 11, 2008–Jan. 3, 2011
- Recipient, President’s award, National Music Publishers Association, 2007
- Recipient, First Annual Farmworker Justice Award, 2000
- Member, California State Assembly, 1973-1982
- Majority Leader, California State Assembly, 1974-1980
- Education:
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- LLB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965
- BA, International Relations, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960
- Other:
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- None found
- Quoted in:
- Pro & Con Quotes: Should the United States Maintain Its Embargo against Cuba?