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      <excerpt>...night of the conference, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to denounce the report, claiming it is biased. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., sponsors of the bill, spoke to the 200 people in the audience. Berman sai</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...have disqualified Chinkin. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., joined the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., to support the resolution. &quot;I can't imagine one of us, in the chamber, if Canada or Mexico rained do</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on Israel each year in the Jewish state's capital. Also among those present were House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.); the committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). T</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of human rights and the principle of holding accountable human rights violators.&quot; In addition, Judge Richard Goldstone sent Rep. Howard Berman and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a four-page letter rebutting the inaccuracies about the Goldstone Report found in</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...urges President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to give it further legitimacy or attention. U.S. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), its ranking Re</excerpt>
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      <title>AIPAC urges House to pass anti-Goldstone legislation</title>
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      <excerpt>...debating a resolution to denounce a U.N. report into Israeli and Hamas war crimes in last year&#8217;s Gaza war co-sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman&#8217;s (D-Calif), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The author of that report, South African Judge</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...support of H.Res. 867, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA), which opposes the so-called &quot;Goldstone Report&quot; on Gaza and reaffirms Israel's right to self-defense.&#160;&#160;  T</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...was introduced by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), its chairman. This article was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to JTA now</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Co-sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) along with committee members, the resolution also states ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Co-sponsors of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), and the Committee&amp;#39;s Ranking Republican, Rep. Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), as well as the co-sponsors of the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Please call to make sure your representative votes in support of the Weiner Amendment. Four key HR 676 cosponsors also need to get a reminder to vote yes on the Weiner Amendment: Mike Doyle, PA-14; Tim Ryan, OH-17; Howard Berman, CA-28; ...</excerpt>
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