Press Releases
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. last week (CA-07) introduced the Tools to Educate All Children at Home (TEACH) Act to support educators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger urging the release of CFPB guidance for lenders and credit reporting agencies to protect consumers who pay their bills by mail and are being impacted by United States Postal Service (USPS) delays.
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities today held a joint hearing on biosecurity and emerging biological threats.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee today unanimously voted in committee markup to pass Rep. Ami Bera's (D-CA) resolution recognizing the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War and the enduring alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea.
The House of Representatives today passed Representative Ami Bera's (D-CA) Grid Security Research and Development Act to protect the country's electric grid from cyberattacks and natural disasters.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation today chaired a subcommittee hearing on democracy and human rights in Asia.
The House of Representatives voted today to pass Representative Ami Bera's Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act, legislation that would provide critical mental health resources to our nation's first responders. Studies show that first responders are at an elevated risk of suicide compared to other professions and more first responders die by suicide than on the line of duty.
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed Congressman Ami Bera's (D-CA) Securing America From Epidemics (SAFE) Act, which would authorize U.S. participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a public-private partnership developing vaccines for coronavirus and other highly infectious pathogens.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today hailed the passage of the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill, written by the late Congressman John Lewis and cosponsored by Congressman Bera, would establish an exchange initiative between the United States and India to study the work and legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a subcommittee hearing on the Rohingya crisis.