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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. addressed the America's Health Insurance Plans Medicare conference today as the organization's featured speaker.

"As a doctor, I know firsthand how critical strengthening Medicare is for our seniors," said Bera. "Medicare Advantage plans cover 45 percent of Medicare recipients in Sacramento County, nearly 100,000 seniors, and deliver improved health outcomes while bringing down healthcare costs. I'll continue to fight against any cuts to this vital lifeline."

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., the only Indian American, and the first Gujarati American in Congress, met with the new Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, earlier today and attended his speech at Madison Square Garden. This is Modi's first official visit to the US.

Bera offered the following comment:

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., applauds today's announcement that local manufacturer Siemens won the contract to produce San Francisco Muni's new light rail vehicles. This $648 million contract represents one of the largest light rail contract ever awarded in the U.S.

He made the following comment:

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following comment after Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko addressed a joint session of the United States Congress:

"Today I was honored to attend a Joint Session of Congress with Ukraine President Petro O. Poroshenko. This was a great opportunity to reaffirm the United States' commitment with Ukraine and send a strong message to the world that we firmly stand with the Ukrainian people and their aspirations for democracy and good governance."

Earlier today, Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. voted for an amendment offered by Representative McKeon to train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups or individuals. Rep. Bera made the following comment:

Earlier today, Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. met with dozens of members of Congress, state and local officials and business and community leaders for the No Labels National Ideas Meeting. This meeting served as the kick-off to a yearlong process to set a bipartisan vision for where America needs to go and how we get there. Bera participated in the meetings and helped lead a bipartisan discussion on protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare into the future. He made the following comment:

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following statement on President Obama's ISIS speech:

ICYMI, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined with President of Population Action International Suzanne Elhers in a Roll Call op-ed calling on U.S. policymakers to stop coming between doctors and patients and to end the Global Gag Rule: https://bit.ly/1wf812M

Between a Woman and Her Doctor Is No Place for U.S. Policy | Commentary

By Rep. Ami Bera and Suzanne Ehlers

Sept. 8, 2014, 5:10 p.m.