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Rep. Bera Statement on Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

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Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement marking Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Republic of the Marshall Islands."Today is Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a national holiday on which the Marshallese commemorate…

Bera, Meeks, McCaul, Chabot Issue Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Mass Arrests of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders

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Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following joint statement regarding the one-year…

Representative Bera Chairs House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on One-Year Anniversary of Burma Coup

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Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a Subcommittee hearing on the one-year anniversary of the Burma coup."One year ago, the Burmese military flagrantly disregarded the will of the Burmese people and upended the country's democratic progress with a bloody coup. The…

Rep. Ami Bera discusses tensions between Russia, Ukraine

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With the posturing over what's happening along the border between Russia and Ukraine changing by the day — and sometimes by the hour — the United States' pledge to stand with Ukraine and what Russian President Vladimir Putin might do about that is ratcheting up concern in the region.Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, joined Sonseeahray for his first local interview since returning…

Reps. Bera, Meeks, Chabot Issue Statement on the One-year Anniversary of the Burma Coup

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Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following joint statement on the one-year anniversary of the Burma coup: "Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Burmese…

Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act will permanently end to harmful global gag rule

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When doctors take a pledge to do no harm, it means we have an obligation to not knowingly hurt people who come to us for help. It also means we have a duty to talk with our patients about their options and to make sure they're fully informed partners in their own care. That's why, as both a doctor and a member of the U.S. Congress, I'm so deeply disturbed by a 38-year-old American policy…