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On Feb. 26, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation held a hearing in which lawmakers questioned officials responsible for the U.S. response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The hearing occured only a day after the announcement of possible community spread of infection in California and the Trump administration's appointment of a policy… Read more »

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif. 7th District), a physician himself, discussed the concerns around the outbreak and the response by the White House with Cheddar on Friday. Read more »

California Congressman and former Chief Medical Officer for Sacramento County, Ami Bera chairs a House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and will lead a Congressional hearing into the Coronavirus this afternoon. He joins Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the threat of Coronavirus. Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield told congressional leaders on Thursday that the individual being treated for the new coronavirus in Sacramento has prompted the agency to do more testing because it indicates there is community spread. On Wednesday, the CDC confirmed that public health officials did not yet know how the individual being treated at… Read more »

Last month marked three years since President Donald Trump reinstated and expanded the Global Gag Rule, jeopardizing life-saving global health programs and making it even harder for people in developing countries to access crucial reproductive health care – care that we know saves lives.Under this abhorrent policy, health care providers are barred from receiving desperately-needed… Read more »

A House panel announced Thursday that it will hold a hearing next week on how the federal government is handling the global coronavirus outbreak. Next Wednesday's hearing in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation will be the first congressional hearing on the coronavirus, which has killed at least 170 people. The hearing… Read more »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Korean War veterans were honored with an Ambassador of Peace medal at the State Capitol on Friday.U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, and the South Korean Ambassador to the United States, Lee Soo-hyuck, held a ceremony for about a dozen veterans who attended the ceremony at the Purple Heart Memorial. "It's important for the veterans of the Korean War to know that… Read more »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands came together to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Sacramento on Monday morning with a march starting at Sacramento City College. "I think it's important for all of us to be together because it's one nation under God, and God don't have no color. God don't see no color. God see(s) love and that's what we need in the world today is love," said… Read more »

[TRANSCRIPT]Fox40: The President also made comments about North Korea at the NRA meeting saying he is going to calm down the rhetoric. We have Congressman Ami Bera joining us now, thanks for being with us. BERA: Glad to be onFox40: You are on the Foreign [Affairs] Committee and just recently returned from South Korea, you were leading a delegation there. If my memory serves me correctly,… Read more »

FOX 40: This week local leaders are gathering in the nation's capital to tackle a whole number of issues. And we sent our very own Paul Robins to Washington DC for the 48th Annual Capitol to Capitol. He is live at the leadership breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel. Good morning, Paul, leave it to you to find breakfast first thing.Robins: Good morning ladies, this is a fantastic historic… Read more »