Congressman Ami Bera

Representing the 7th District of California
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Feb 14, 2013 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – On the heels of the President’s State of the Union address, Congressman Bera joined a bipartisan group of 32 freshman members in urging Congress and President Obama to address the fiscal issues the country faces. The group submitted a letter to leadership outlining the details of a statement of principles they agreed upon.

Feb 13, 2013 Press Release

Earlier today the House Rules Committee blocked an amendment to H.R. 273 offered by Congressman Ami Bera that would freeze lawmakers pay through December 31, 2013, and protect public servants from bearing more of the burden of deficit reduction.

Feb 13, 2013 Press Release

Congressman Ami Bera celebrated the Senate’s passage of S. 47 yesterday, a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.  Despite the bipartisan vote in the Senate, VAWA has been held up in the House of Representatives. Bera is a proud co-sponsor of HR 11, the House version of the Violence Against Women Act.

Feb 13, 2013 Press Release

Earlier today Congressman Ami Bera urged members of Congress to be responsible, make good decisions, and not allow automatic across–the–board spending cuts to go into effect at the end of the month.

Feb 12, 2013 Press Release

Congressman Ami Bera made the following statement following President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress:

In The News

Feb 8, 2013 In The News
For the past three years, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers have sat next to each other during President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union speech to Congress in a largely meaningless one-night show of bipartisanship.
Feb 8, 2013 In The News
On the fourth floor of the Longworth House Office Building, a short distance down the white marble hallway from the elevator, Rep. Ami Bera is still unpacking things in an office that just last month was somebody else's.
Jan 24, 2013 In The News
A political maneuver by House Republicans to include a "No Budget, No Pay" provision in legislation to temporary suspend the federal debt ceiling has given freshman Democratic Rep. Ami Bera the chance to act on one of his key campaign pledges.
Jan 22, 2013 In The News
The new Congress looks like a changing country, and California’s delegation looks a lot like the change.
Jan 11, 2013 In The News

On January 6, Congressman Ami Bera was on NPR Weekend Edition with his colleague Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL) to discuss working together regardless of party to move our country forward.

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