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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered an amendment today to prioritize the hiring of unemployed workers and veterans and the use of American-made equipment and materials in mining operations. The proposal would amend H.R. 2824, the so-called Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America bill, which would actually create more waste – not less.
Earlier today the U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 4302, the so-called “Protecting Access to Medicare Act,” which prolongs a broken system. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following comment:
In case you missed it, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) and Joe Crowley (NY-14) penned an op-ed for The Hill reinforcing the importance of India's 2014 elections, as well as the continued importance of the U.S.-India relationship. The full op-ed can be found below or by clicking here.
India's 2014 elections
By Reps. Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Ami Bera (D-Calif.)
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D.(CA-7) released the following statement on H. Res. 573, a bipartisan resolution he is co-sponsoring that condemns the abduction of nearly 300 school girls in Nigeria. The House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed it earlier today.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined a bipartisan majority in Congress earlier today in approving the fiscal year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. The bill prohibits Members of Congress from receiving a pay increase. He made the following comment:
Congressmen Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7), and Jeff Denham (CA-10), announced earlier today the creation of the California Public Higher Education Caucus, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress who will advocate for the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) schools and their students and support improvements to the quality, affordability, and accessibility of California's public higher education system.
Congressman Ami Bera spoke at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Wednesday about the need to continue to develop the U.S.-India relationship. Officials from the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testified at the hearing.
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen today to express his concerns about recent reports that millions of dollars in bonuses and time-off awards have beeb paid to Internal Revenue Service employees who owed the U.S. government taxes. He asked the commissioner to immediately take action to rescind these bonuses until the owed taxes are paid and make sure the IRS does not give out future bonuses to employees who owe the government money.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on several budget proposals over the past two days and passed the Ryan budget proposal 219 to 205 today. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. released the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement about payments to Medicare Advantage for 2015. CMS estimates that the change to plan payments between 2014 and 2015 will be 0.4 percent increase instead of the 1.9 percent cut that was initially proposed.