Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today for a tour of the ongoing upgrades at Folsom Dam. Jewell announced that the Bureau of Reclamation is making $50 million in funds available immediately for drought relief projects throughout the West —including nearly $20 million for California.This funding was included in the omnibus appropriations… Read more »
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. today joined with 23 other Members of Congress from both parties to introduce the Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act of 2015 to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid."As a doctor, I know how important it is to both strengthen Medicare for our seniors and reduce runaway health care costs," said Bera.… Read more »
As a measles outbreak that is believed to have started in California's Disneyland has spread to 14 states with no signs of its slowing, Congressman Ami Bera M.D. urged people to get vaccinated. The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show more than 102 people are now infected. Bera offered the following comment:"As a doctor and former chief medical officer of… Read more »
President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi announced today that they have come to a civil nuclear agreement. They also agreed to defense cooperation including the joint building of some equipment. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. is part of the delegation in India with President Obama for the historic trip."The nuclear deal announced today makes billions of dollars in trade possible… Read more »
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. has again sponsored the Partnership to Build America Act, bipartisan legislation to rebuild America's infrastructure in a fiscally-responsible way. Bera was an original sponsor of similar legislation in the last Congress.Currently, transportation infrastructure projects like fixes to roads and bridges are funded by the Highway Trust Fund, which is sustained by a… Read more »
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. today voted against H.R. 7, the misleadingly titled No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This radical assault on women's health would deny millions of women the comprehensive health care they need and deserve, and also raise taxes on small businesses and families. Bera made the following comment:"As a doctor, I'm outraged by this radical attack on women's… Read more »
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following statement in response to President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address to Congress:"Tonight the president put forward his plan to expand opportunity and make the American economy work for everyone. Too many Sacramento County families still aren't feeling the impact of the economic recovery and we need to do more to rebuild an economy that… Read more »
Earlier today, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the memory of Sacramento County Sheriff Deputy Danny Oliver. Oliver's widow, Susan Oliver, will join Bera as his guest to the State of the Union address later tonight."Deputy Oliver had served the citizens of Sacramento County for 15 years when he paid the ultimate sacrifice in the… Read more »
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. announced today that he will join President Obama on his trip to India later this week. A lifelong Californian, Bera, whose parents moved to the U.S. from India in the 1950s, is co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and India Americans and the only Indian American currently serving in the U.S. Congress."As the son of Indian immigrants, I am extremely… Read more »
Next Tuesday January, 20, the day of the president's State of the Union Address, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. will honor the memory of a Sacramento County sheriff deputy who was killed in the line of duty. Sheriff Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was a 15-year veteran of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department when he was shot and killed last October during a patrol in Arden. Oliver's widow,… Read more »
