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Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Carol Miller (R-WV), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement on today's meeting between President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today released the following statement after holding a Subcommittee hearing on the environmental, developmental, and security challenges in the Mekong sub-region. The sub-region comprises of five Southeast Asian nations that border the Mekong River: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, and Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Mitt Romney (R-UT), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, today released the following statement on Taiwan's National Day.

ELK GROVE, CA – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today hosted his 7^th Annual Brain Health Forum to provide Sacramento County residents with information on the latest in Alzheimer's research and what community resources are available to assist caregivers and persons living with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), and Brad Sherman (D-CA), all Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, released the following statement on the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit held in Washington, D.C. on September 28-29, 2022.

On World Rabies Day, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) introduced comprehensive legislation to reduce the costs of rabies post-exposure treatment for uninsured individuals. The Affordable Rabies Treatment for Uninsured Act would establish a program to reimburse health care providers for furnishing post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to uninsured individuals. Bera introduced the legislation after receiving a regimen of immunoglobulin and rabies shots following a fox bite on the U.S.

U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today voted for a bipartisan legislative package that would increase funding for our nation's law enforcement and public safety programs, while making concrete investments in mental health and community violence intervention resources.

The Bera-supported legislative package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today included H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act of 2022, H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act, H.R. 5768, VICTIM Act of 2022, and H.R. 6448, Invest to Protect Act of 2022.

U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation to provide critical relief to physicians who are scheduled to receive Medicare payment cuts. The Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022 would ensure payments to these providers are kept stable and extend certain increases in payments for physicians’ services under the Medicare program through 2023.