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August 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Derek Tran (CA-45), and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) led a group of 65 Members of Congress in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address overly broad and inconsistently enforced Israeli restrictions on dual-use goods entering the Gaza Strip.


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a resolution that celebrates 55 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of Fiji and reaffirms America’s commitment to this strategically important partnership.


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released the following statement after House Republicans added restrictive voting provisions to a bill on congressional stock trading:

“I strongly support a stock trading ban. I have cosponsored two comprehensive bipartisan bills and signed two discharge petitions this Congress to ban Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from trading or owning individual stocks.


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Strategic Technology and Resilient Alliances (STRATA) Act alongside Representative Young Kim (R-CA-40).


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) helped introduce the bipartisan Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act alongside Representative Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02). The legislation would help reduce wildfire risk by creating new markets for low-value woody material removed through forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, ecological restoration, and defensible-space projects.


July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would defer more than $867 million in Medicaid payments to California:

“Trump and RFK Jr.’s latest politically motivated attack on our state will place further strain on our health care system, force providers to scale back services, and put our most vulnerable residents at risk.


July 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) joined House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) and other Democratic members of the Committee in sending a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, and National Security Agency Director Joshua Rudd.


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Protecting America’s Diplomatic Workforce Act, legislation to safeguard employees at the Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies from unjustified reductions in force.


July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), a senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees, released the following statement ahead of the vote on Representative Thomas Massie’s (R-KY-04) amendment to the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act that would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for Israel, including $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing: