Making Government Work

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced that his office has now returned more than $17 million in federal casework dollars to residents in California’s 6th Congressional District. Since taking office in 2013, Bera’s office has resolved more than 27,500 cases for constituents and returned over $17.6 million dollars in federal benefits. These casework dollars are secured… Read more »

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced that Improve Your Tomorrow, a Sacramento-based nonprofit, has been selected to receive a federal award of $225,900 per year. The funding, made available through AmeriCorps VISTA, will bolster college readiness for Sacramento area youth and will support 10 year-round service positions locally. “I am thrilled to share that Improve… Read more »

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) announced today that his office has now successfully returned more than $3 million in federal casework dollars to veterans in Sacramento County. “Assisting local veterans in cutting through red tape to access their hard-earned benefits is a top priority for my office,” said Representative Ami Bera, M.D. “I am proud to share that my local… Read more »

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today issued the following statement after the election of U.S. Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. “For the past three weeks, an entire branch of our government has remained at a standstill due to the chaos of a vacant Speaker’s chair. Congress has urgent work to do to lower costs for working… Read more »

Link Sacramento Democratic Rep. Ami Bera says the Speaker of the House vote needs to happen quickly. The role of Speaker of the House is vacant after Kevin McCarthy was ousted. Read more »

Link Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) discusses Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s removal as Speaker and what’s next in the selection of the next Speaker.   Read more »

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), along with 97 members of the New Democrat Coalition, sent a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on him to urgently advance bipartisan government funding bills to avert a government shutdown. In the letter, Congressman Bera and his New Democrat colleagues urged the Speaker to take up bipartisan legislation similar to those advanced… Read more »

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D (CA-06) today is pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address the rise in thefts and vandalism of Cluster Box Units (CBU) in Sacramento County. “Nationwide, from January to March 2023 alone, there were more than 25,000 reported thefts from cluster mailboxes, compared with 38,500 in all of 2022. In our region, we’ve seen this rise in thefts… Read more »

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced that the United Way California Capital Region in Rancho Cordova has received a federal award valued at $449,649 per year to support an AmeriCorps volunteer project aimed at addressing community needs including housing and education. The award, made available through AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program, will… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today released the following statement after voting to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting the safety of the flying public and securing the future of America’s aviation system by reauthorizing programs within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Read more »