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March 18, 2022

Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Tracking Pathogens Act, legislation to enhance our nation's ability to prepare for future pandemics and strengthen our capacity to identify new viral threats through genetic surveillance and enhanced genomic sequencing.


March 15, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement on reports of India considering buying Russian oil at a discounted rate.


March 9, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted for H.R. 6968, the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, bipartisan legislation to hold Russia accountable for its deadly invasion of Ukraine.


March 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today sent an open letter to our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific commending their strong support for the people of Ukraine, and the rules-based international order.

March 1, 2022

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.


February 28, 2022

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 anniversary of the mass arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders:


February 17, 2022

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.


February 4, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted to pass the America COMPETES Act, an historic package of legislation to fix our supply chain, turbocharge American scientific and technological leadership, and strengthen our global competitiveness.


February 2, 2022

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 military's coup d'état that reversed the country's nascent, hard-fought democratic transition, and plunged the country into violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis.


January 19, 2022

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 strategic importance of digital economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific.