Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today reintroduced the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act during Mental Health Awareness Month. This critical bipartisan legislation aims to provide essential mental health resources to our nation’s first responders and health care providers who are at an elevated risk of suicide compared to other… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced the winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for California’s 6th Congressional District.
“I am thrilled to announce Nicole Wang from Mira Loma High School as the winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for her work titled War Between Two Great Powers,” said Representative Bera. “My office received a number of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), re-introduced their bicameral Affordability is Access Act. This legislation would ensure that once the FDA determines an over-the-counter birth control option to be safe, insurers fully… Read more »
On International Nurses Day, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), a physician by training, and Jen Kiggans (R-VA), a geriatric nurse practitioner, introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring frontline health care workers and the important role they play in strengthening health systems and saving the lives of millions of people around the world.
“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more »
Today, as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the US-ROK alliance and welcome South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to Washington, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Ranking Member Ami Bera (D-CA) and Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2023.
This bipartisan bill would reauthorize, update and improve… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Buddy Carter (R-GA), and Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming United States support for South Korea.
The resolution:
Welcomes South Korean President Yoon Suk… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Andy Barr (R-KY) today reintroduced the Expand eXpertise in China Education and Language (EXCEL) Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen Chinese linguistic, cultural, and regional expertise needed to outcompete the People's Republic of China (PRC).
"The United States and our allies and partners face significant geostrategic challenges… Read more »
On World Tuberculosis Day, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Co-Chairs of the House Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus, reintroduced the End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) worldwide.
"As a doctor, I have seen firsthand the devastating impact that tuberculosis has on… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) announced that he helped secure $11.7 million in federal funding for the Concourse B expansion project at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The federal grant, made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which Bera championed and voted for in November 2021, will support the design and construction of a… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Tom Cole (R-OK), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement announcing their introduction of H.R. 1135, the Countering Economic Coercion Act of 2023, which… Read more »
