U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a permanent Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs within the U.S. Department of State.
Following its initial creation by the State Department in 2022, this bill would formally codify the position of U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific, introduced the U.S.–Japan–ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act, bipartisan legislation to deepen cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Joining Congressman Bera in leading this effort are Representatives Gerry Connolly… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee and senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement on the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
In recent weeks, tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated following a series of violent and… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera (CA-06), Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, joined Ranking Member Jim Himes and all committee Democrats in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, calling for the Intelligence Community to conduct an independent investigation into the Signal group chat in which participants discussed detailed plans for… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, released a statement on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s closed-door roundtable with Trump Administration official Pete Marocco on the illegal dismantling of U.S. foreign assistance and national security programs.
The discussion comes more than a… Read more »
Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with all Subcommittee Ranking Members, issued a joint statement on the Trump administration’s elimination of nearly all U.S. foreign assistance programs,… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) and Andy Barr (R-KY-06) introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) growing efforts to harass, intimidate and suppress free speech on American soil.
The resolution highlights the PRC’s intimidation tactics targeting U.S. citizens, scholars and… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s reckless and illegal efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID):
“The Trump administration’s continued attacks on USAID—gutting its staffing, halting programs… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera (CA-06), Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s purge of high-ranking FBI officials:
"I am deeply concerned by the abrupt and arbitrary dismissal of several top FBI officials—career civil servants with decades of experience protecting our nation from crime, cyber… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA-06) and Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), co-chairs of the Congressional Quad Caucus, issued a bipartisan and bicameral statement on the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington, D.C.:
“We welcome Foreign Minister Iwaya of Japan, Foreign Minister Wong of Australia and… Read more »
