Press Releases
Says Bay Delta Conservation Plan unsustainable
With California facing the lowest rainfall levels in its 153-year history as a state, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined several of his colleagues thanking Governor Jerry Brown for declaring a drought emergency in California.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following statement on trade agreements and the need to protect the intersts of American workers:
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today to fund the government through September 2014. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following comment:
Sacramento – The Siemens USA's facility in Sacramento has won a contract from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to build and assemble approximately 35 new electronic locomotives for several Midwestern and West Coast states, the company announced Friday. The high-performance, 125 mile per hour, diesel-electric locomotives will be built using funds from the U.S.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following comments on Thursday’s bipartisan passage of the Murray Ryan budget agreement:
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.