Howard Berman Quotations

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health.

American foreign policy has been - and must continue to be - based on unequivocal support for Israel's right to exist and to be free from terror.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.

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.

Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.

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.

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?

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.

I do believe that there's a patent quality problem,

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

I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests.

Even before I was a Democrat, I was a Zionist.

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?

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.