Ami Bera: “I would ask you or your staff to certainly meet with my staff, and we can try to see what we can do to empower USAID.”

I missed one vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 29. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Today I rise to honor Captain Ian Bastek who recently retired as the commanding officer in the Air Station Sacramento Command. Captain Bastek's career began in 1997 in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and has been marked by exemplary…

I would like to speak in support of my bill H.R. 1776, a very patriotic number, the 'End Tuberculosis Now Act.'

We appreciate the advocacy and leadership of so many Members of the Congress on this issue, including Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), Ed Case (D-HI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen…