Ami Bera

I can certainly attest to the really valuable work that NDI and IRI do around the country...

We welcome criticism and feedback just as our partners around the world and in the region should also recognize and welcome our feedback and criticism.

We've seen a government in Burma--Myanmar--installed in part because of human rights concerns around the world.

In the short time I have remaining, I am obviously putting my doctor hat on and public health hat on.

I agree if we can get the $20 billion in the next supplemental, that would be a good first step.

what we witnessed was ethnic cleansing and what should be considered a genocide.

We need to keep that in there because there is an urgency of now.

I believe that until we find a safe and effective vaccine, manufacture not 300 million doses for the United States but six to seven billion doses, potentially, for the world and then distribute and vaccinate the world, we will not defeat…

I would urge you to reconsider your support for their appointments.

Can you tell us, Acting Administrator Barsa, what is the status of the Administration's review of Palestinian assistance?

One of the reasons I think foreign assistance is so important is that it is a reflection of our country's compassion and generosity.

The assistance as you know provides funding to things like hospitals in East Jerusalem, Israeli-Palestinian co-existence programs.

In May, our colleague Ami Bera joined with--introduced, many of us cosponsored, the bill to participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, the CEPI, an alliance of countries and private partners whose mission it is…

one of the best investments that we have made, you know, post-World War II, it really has been the aid and development plan.

We know to expect a 50 percent cut to family planning because the Administration's crusade against women's health says it is better for women and girls to die rather than have access to reproductive services.

And the Administration's values and priorities say that we should cut our international affairs budget by roughly a quarter.

I think that is why it is incredibly important for us to be part of this global alliance with Gavi, with CEPI, et cetera.

This is a President who praised the Chinese Government's tactics after Tiananmen.

Taken with the Administration's withdrawal from the World Health Organization, it is almost as though we are waving the white flag.

I think that the ranking member and myself, for purposes of this subcommittee, do place this issue close to the top of our agenda and recognize the urgency of addressing it now as opposed to several years from now because of the…

China is central to what is happening. We know the novel coronavirus initiated in China.

I believe we will be less effective than if we can create a multinational coalition of like-minded nations.

This is the most important issue, more important than the other issues, I think, that Mr. Sherman mentioned because Asia is the most dynamic and prosperous part of the world.

We can then increase the chances that they will feel willing and able to join us in some of these important maritime endeavors.

it's something that they're entrusted with that they worked with in creating kind of a train-the-trainer program in these firehouses