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September 14, 2023

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today voted against legislation introduced by House Republicans that would prevent California from setting its own vehicle emissions standards. Seventeen other states and the District of Columbia have followed California’s lead and adopted all or some of California’s robust clean car standards.


August 31, 2023

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D (CA-06) today is pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address the rise in thefts and vandalism of Cluster Box Units (CBU) in Sacramento County.
 


August 22, 2023

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today announced that the United Way California Capital Region in Rancho Cordova has received a federal award valued at $449,649 per year to support an AmeriCorps volunteer project aimed at addressing community needs including housing and education. The award, made available through AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program, will support 18 year-round and 9 summer volunteer service positions in the Sacramento region.


August 1, 2023

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released the following statement after the acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne by L3Harris.


July 28, 2023
Rep. Ami Bera wants Washington to help clear the millions of pieces of unexploded ordnance that still litter Southeast Asia decades after the end of the Vietnam War.

July 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Brad Schneider (D-IL) today led over 90 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to Speaker McCarthy and Leader Jeffries emphasizing the urgent need to establish a stable Medicare payment system that appropriately pays for health outcomes and ensures that we keep our communities healthy.

In the letter, the Members wrote:

Issues: Health Care

July 26, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today released the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously to send his bipartisan bill, the End TB Now Act of 2023, to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for a full vote.
Issues: Health Care

July 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) today released the following statement after voting to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting the safety of the flying public and securing the future of America’s aviation system by reauthorizing programs within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

July 19, 2023

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, sounded the alarm on proposed Republican funding cuts to the State Department and USAID during a FY2024 budget hearing on July 18.

During the hearing, Ranking Member Bera stated:


July 13, 2023

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) released the following statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill available in the United States.