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July 28, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a Subcommittee hearing on countering gray zone coercion in the Indo-Pacific.


July 28, 2022

Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution outlining the importance of the U.S. digital economy and greater U.S. leadership on digital trade negotiations with like-minded countries.


July 28, 2022

Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today led 12 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young expressing support for the Office of Management and Budget's efforts to continue U.S. Postal Service servicing to the Freely Associate States (FAS)—the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia—as a part of the wider negotiations to renew the Compacts of Free Association (COFA, or Compacts).  


July 28, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today voted to pass for the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) and Science Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen American semiconductor manufacturing, lower costs for American consumers, and turbocharge American science and technology innovation.

The CHIPS and Science Act passed the House of Representatives today with bipartisan support and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.


July 26, 2022

Today, Representative Ami Bera, Chair of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the unjust execution of four pro-democracy activists at the hands of the Burmese military junta:


July 21, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D (CA-07) today voted for H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception Act, which would protect the right of Americans to obtain and use contraceptives.


July 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today released the following statement after voting for two critical pieces of reproductive health care legislation, H.R.8296 - Women’s Health Protection Act and H.R.8297 - Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act.

July 13, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today voted for the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, historic legislation to expand health care access for millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their time in service.


June 30, 2022

Today, on the second anniversary of the promulgation of the draconian national security law in Hong Kong, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, and Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, issued the following statement:


June 24, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today voted to pass S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This legislation recently passed the U.S. Senate with a bipartisan majority and now heads to the President's desk for his signature into law.