Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, led 22 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the Biden Administration to pursue a digital trade agreement with partners in the Indo-Pacific.In the… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement on the disappearance of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after accusing a former Peoples Republic of China (PRC) senior official of sexual assault."As Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia,… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted to pass the Build Back Better Act, landmark legislation that will make generational investments in American families by lowering child care and health care costs, cutting taxes for the middle class, and creating millions of good-paying jobs across the country."Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, American families were burdened with high… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) issued the following statement after voting for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, historic legislation that will modernize and upgrade our roads, bridges, highways, and broadband access, while creating thousands of good-paying jobs across the country.
"Today is a historic day for the American people," said Representative Bera. "After decades of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK), Co-Chairs of the House TB Elimination Caucus, introduced the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation that would empower public health officials with the necessary tools to combat and eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States.In the United States, TB remains a serious problem. According to… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758 (XXVI), recognizing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the United Nations and expelling the representatives of Chiang Kai-Shek. Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a Subcommittee hearing on the strategic importance of the Pacific Islands."As a proud Pacific nation, the United States has a long history with the Pacific Islands—our intertwined fates make us natural partners and friends. Our… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) released the following statement after meeting today at the White House with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and a bicameral group of Members of Congress to discuss the need to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the Build Back Better Act."I appreciate President Biden for inviting me to the… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) today introduced the Countering China Economic Coercion Act with a bipartisan group of leaders to establish the first-ever interagency task force to respond to the People's Republic of China's growing economic coercion against governments, businesses, organizations, and individuals.
"We have seen the People's Republic of China… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) today led over 245 Members of Congress in a letter urging House Leadership to address looming Medicare payment cuts to health care providers that will further strain patient access to care."As an internal medicine doctor by training, I know that cutting payments for physicians during this global pandemic will further… Read more »
