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March 5, 2025

Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released a statement on President Trump’s address last night to a Joint Session of Congress:


February 27, 2025

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with all Subcommittee Ranking Members, issued a joint statement on the Trump administration’s elimination of nearly all U.S. foreign assistance programs, including life-saving humanitarian assistance:


February 27, 2025

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) announced that his guest to Tuesday’s presidential address to a joint session of Congress will be Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522 President John “Trevor” Jamison. 


February 26, 2025

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee,  joined House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Ranking Member Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Ranking Member Rep.


February 14, 2025

Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) relaunched the California Public Higher Education Caucus (CPHEC) for the 119th Congress.  


February 13, 2025

Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) and Mike Flood (R-NE-01) introduced the Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act. This bill aims to bring uniformity to reporting measurements for loneliness and isolation following the former U.S. Surgeon General’s declaration of loneliness and isolation as a public health epidemic in the United States. 

Issues: Health Care

February 13, 2025

Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) and Andy Barr (R-KY-06)  introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) growing efforts to harass, intimidate and suppress free speech on American soil. 


February 11, 2025

Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released a statement supporting the Taxpayer Data Protection Act:

“Elon Musk and DOGE have been given unprecedented access to sensitive Treasury data, jeopardizing your personal information and privacy. 

“This is unacceptable.


February 5, 2025

Today, all six Democratic physicians in the House of Representatives spoke out against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kelly Morrison, M.D. (MN-03) and Herb Conaway, M.D. (NJ-03) released the following joint statement: 


February 3, 2025

Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s reckless and illegal efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID):