Press Releases
Congressman Ami Bera M.D. led several of his colleagues this week in a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Leader Nancy Pelosi urging them to make the No Budget No Pay Act permanent. No Budget No Pay says that if Congress doesn’t pass a budget, then they don’t get paid.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined a bipartisan majority in Congress earlier today in approving the fiscal year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. The bill prohibits Members of Congress from receiving a pay increase. He made the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera spoke at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Wednesday about the need to continue to develop the U.S.-India relationship. Officials from the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testified at the hearing.
Bera calls for rescinding IRS bonuses paid to employees who owe taxes
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen today to express his concerns about recent reports that millions of dollars in bonuses and time-off awards have beeb paid to Internal Revenue Service employees who owed the U.S. government taxes.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on several budget proposals over the past two days and passed the Ryan budget proposal 219 to 205 today. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. released the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement about payments to Medicare Advantage for 2015. CMS estimates that the change to plan payments between 2014 and 2015 will be 0.4 percent increase instead of the 1.9 percent cut that was initially proposed.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined 27 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius urging her to reverse course and reconsider proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage to ensure that the critical program in sustainable for seniors.
Race in Sacramento to benefit Children's Miracle Network hospitals
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. will serve as the official starter for the third annual Credit Union SacTown Ten-Mile Run, taking place Sunday, April 6 in downtown Sacramento. The event benefits Children's Miracle Network hospitals in California and Nevada.
Today, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. released the following statement about the House Republican budget proposal: