Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, reintroduced the Taiwan Fellowship Act.Modeled on the successful Mansfield Fellowship Program between the United States and Japan, the Taiwan Fellowship Act establishes a fellowship exchange program for U.S. federal… Read more »
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) announced that restaurants in Sacramento County will be able to apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3, at 9:00am PT. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal beginning Friday, April 30.The $28.6 billion Restaurant… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, today co-chaired a joint House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Co-chairing the hearing alongside Chairman Bera was Representative Joe Courtney (D-CA), Chairman of the House Armed… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) released the following statement after President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress."In just 100 days in office, President Biden has made significant progress in our nation's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Americans are now vaccinated, cases and deaths are dramatically down, students are returning to the classroom,… Read more »
Today, the four leaders of Congress's foreign relations subcommittees on Asia launched the #LetTaiwanHelp campaign to urge the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan to participate in the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA). Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ranking Member of the… Read more »
Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement on the surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in India."My heart breaks over the tragedy unfolding in India, including the thousands of lives lost per day to the COVID-19 virus.Over the past several days, I… Read more »
Today, Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, and Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Adrian Smith (R-NE), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement on Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meeting at the White House."We warmly… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera (CA-07), a member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday led four Democratic Members of Congress in applauding the Biden administration for their global health initiatives since taking office, and urged the administration to include regular funding for… Read more »
Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D., Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement on President Biden's decision to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021."I applaud President Biden for his decision to drawdown U.S. forces in Afghanistan, which will bring an… Read more »
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced sanctions on two military holding companies, Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited (MEC)."I commend the Biden… Read more »
