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Rep. Bera secures funds for Elk Grove Police, other in-district projects as Federal funding plan is approved

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Rep. Ami Bera (D) announced today that as part of the 2022 Fiscal Year government funding package, which passed the House of Representatives yesterday, $3.76 million has been secured for District 7 projects.Among the projects being funded are $520,000 earmark for Elk Grove Police Department Communications Center Renovation. According to Bera's announcement: Funding would be used to…

Rep. Bera Secures $3.76 Million for Community Projects in Sacramento County

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Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) announced that he secured over $3.76 million in funding to directly support nine community funding projects in California's 7th Congressional District. The funding was secured through H.R. 2471, the 2022 Fiscal Year government funding package, which passed the House of Representatives today with strong bipartisan support."I'm incredibly proud…

Rep. Bera Votes to Pass American Rescue Plan, Deliver Urgent Relief to Sacramento County Families and Small Businesses

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Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today voted for the American Rescue Plan to deliver urgent support for Sacramento County families and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."While the vaccination of millions of Americans and the steady decline in hospitalizations and deaths are welcome news, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put enormous strain on communities across the…

House Passes Beras Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act

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The House of Representatives voted today to pass Representative Ami Bera's Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act, legislation that would provide critical mental health resources to our nation's first responders. Studies show that first responders are at an elevated risk of suicide compared to other professions and more first responders die by suicide than on the line of…

Rep. Beras Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act Passed by Energy and Commerce Committee

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Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to pass Representative Ami Bera's (D-CA) bipartisan Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act, legislation that would provide additional mental health resources to our nation's first responders responding to the COVID-19 pandemic."In spring 2018, Sacramento-area firefighters told me that they lacked the resources to tackle mental…

We were sounding the alarms: the doctor in Congress who tried to warn Trump about a coming pandemic

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In late February, public health officials made an announcement: they had confirmed the first known case of a person getting Covid-19 without having travelled abroad or coming into contact with someone who had had the virus. This first reported case of community transmission was detected at the University of California, Davis Medical Centre in Sacramento.For some, the news was confusing…

Rep. Bera Votes to Provide Urgent Relief to Small Businesses and Health Care Providers Impacted by COVID-19

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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted to provide urgent relief to small businesses and health care providers in Sacramento County and across the country impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."Our small businesses – the backbone of our country – have been hit incredibly hard by the coronavirus pandemic," said Rep. Bera. "I've been inspired by the resiliency of our small…

Bera Calls for Urgent Actions to Stop Spread of COVID-19

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Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) yesterday sent a letter to House leadership outlining critical actions Congress and the Administration should take to halt the spread of and ultimately defeat COVID-19 in the United States and abroad."We cannot return to normal without the implementation of a national testing strategy that ensures all Americans who need a diagnostic test receive a…

Bera Urges Administration to Develop National Testing Strategy

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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) today sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar urging the Trump Administration to prioritize the creation of a national testing strategy to address shortfalls in COVID-testing."As a doctor, I strongly urge the Administration to prioritize the creation of a…

Bera Urges HHS to Rapidly Deploy COVID-19 Antibody Testing

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This week, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), and Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL) led a bipartisan letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) urging them to rapidly deploy COVID-19 antibody tests that have met accuracy and safety standards as rapidly and…