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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.

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. introduced a bill today with his colleagues Congressmen Jerry McNerney and John Garamendi to block FY 2015 federal funds from being used for California's Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).

California has asked the federal government to contribute nearly $4 billion to help it implement the BDCP.

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. released the following statement on the California State Legislature's passage of a water bond, which will be designated as Proposition 1 on the November ballot:

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. joined a group of 116 lawmakers calling on Congress to stay in session until the passage of a compromise bill to help our nation's veterans get access to the timely and quality healthcare they have earned and deserve. In a letter, the lawmakers urge Congressional leadership to delay the August district work period until a deal is reached. Both the House and Senate have passed bills to address the crisis within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and have been in negotiations for more than five weeks while veterans wait for a solution.

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. participated in a House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific hearing yesterday to examine the future of the U.S.-India relationship. Officials from the State Department and the Department of Commerce testified at the hearing entitled, "U.S. India Relations Under the Modi Government." Bera offered the following comment: