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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released the following statement after House Republicans added restrictive voting provisions to a bill on congressional stock trading:

“I strongly support a stock trading ban. I have cosponsored two comprehensive bipartisan bills and signed two discharge petitions this Congress to ban Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from trading or owning individual stocks.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Strategic Technology and Resilient Alliances (STRATA) Act alongside Representative Young Kim (R-CA-40).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06) helped introduce the bipartisan Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act alongside Representative Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02). The legislation would help reduce wildfire risk by creating new markets for low-value woody material removed through forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, ecological restoration, and defensible-space projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would defer more than $867 million in Medicaid payments to California:

“Trump and RFK Jr.’s latest politically motivated attack on our state will place further strain on our health care system, force providers to scale back services, and put our most vulnerable residents at risk.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) joined House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) and other Democratic members of the Committee in sending a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, and National Security Agency Director Joshua Rudd.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Protecting America’s Diplomatic Workforce Act, legislation to safeguard employees at the Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies from unjustified reductions in force.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), a senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees, released the following statement ahead of the vote on Representative Thomas Massie’s (R-KY-04) amendment to the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act that would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for Israel, including $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA-06), co-chair of the Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus, introduced the Accelerating Innovation (AI) for Kids Act alongside fellow caucus co-chairs Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) and Mike Kelly (R-PA-16). This bipartisan legislation would accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve and transform pediatric cancer research, treatment options, and data storage.