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February 28, 2022

Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following joint statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the mass arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders:


February 17, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a Subcommittee hearing on the one-year anniversary of the Burma coup.


February 4, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted to pass the America COMPETES Act, an historic package of legislation to fix our supply chain, turbocharge American scientific and technological leadership, and strengthen our global competitiveness.


February 2, 2022

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following joint statement on the one-year anniversary of the Burma coup:

"Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Burmese military's coup d'état that reversed the country's nascent, hard-fought democratic transition, and plunged the country into violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis.


January 19, 2022

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a subcommittee hearing on the strategic importance of digital economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific.


December 16, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (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 Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to promptly nominate an individual to serve as the Ambassador of the United States to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

December 9, 2021

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, today chaired a Subcommittee hearing on the importance of strengthening biosecurity through deterrence and detection.


November 22, 2021

Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (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, led 22 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the Biden Administration to pursue a digital trade agreement with partners in the Indo-Pacific.

In the letter, the Members wrote:


November 20, 2021

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following statement on the disappearance of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after accusing a former Peoples Republic of China (PRC) senior official of sexual assault.


November 19, 2021

Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today voted to pass the Build Back Better Act, landmark legislation that will make generational investments in American families by lowering child care and health care costs, cutting taxes for the middle class, and creating millions of good-paying jobs across the country.