Press Releases
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. participated in a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing Tuesday at which Secretary of State John Kerry testified about the interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program finalized recently between Iran, the United States, and other leading nations. Bera offered the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. hosted a roundtable for members of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Thursday to discuss the future of U.S.-India trade relations and the lessons Bera learned on his recent trip to India. India’s Charge d’Affaires in the U.S., Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, was a special guest at the event.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following statement on President Obama’s announcement that Americans whose health insurance plans were slated to be cancelled can keep the same insurance coverage through 2014:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. visited with members of the Sacramento County business community today to discuss recently introduced legislation that helps protect small businesses and their employees from a new health insurance tax, known as the HIT.
Earlier today, Congressmen Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7), and Charles Boustany, M.D. (LA-3) introduced a bipartisan bill to make health care more affordable for working families, small businesses, and seniors. The Small Business and Family Relief Act would delay for two years the health insurance tax that is slated to begin next year as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Congressmen Ami Bera. M.D. (CA-7) and Scott Peters (CA-52), hosted Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative, at a meeting with Democratic freshmen members.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. praised the House of Representatives’ passage of the Water Resources Development Act. He offered the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. applauded the bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown, avoid government default, and negotiate a budget that Senators Reid and McConnell announced moments ago. He offered the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined more than 50 Republican and Democrat Members of the House of Representatives at an event at the U.S. Capitol this morning to call on leaders from both parties to stop fighting, and to start working together to find a solution to reopen government and avoid default.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined more than 50 Republican and Democrat Members of the House of Representatives at an event at the U.S. Capitol this morning to call on leaders from both parties to stop fighting, and to start working together to find a solution to reopen government and avoid default.