Making Government Work

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 »

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced that his office has now surpassed $16 million in casework dollars successfully returned to constituents in Sacramento County. Since taking office in 2013, Bera’s office has resolved more than 26,000 cases for constituents and returned over $16.2 million dollars. These casework dollars are secured by helping retrieve constituents’… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) voted for bipartisan legislation to raise the debt ceiling and ensure the United States avoids a default on its national debt. Read more »

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Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today reintroduced the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act during Mental Health Awareness Month. This critical bipartisan legislation aims to provide essential mental health resources to our nation’s first responders and health care providers who are at an elevated risk of suicide compared to other… Read more »