Ami Bera

We are ready to stand with our allies in the region in a collaborative way.

I think it is also a good thing as Prime Minister Abe and the Japanese Government looks at stepping up some of its own defensive capabilities, understanding some of the threats.

I thank my colleague for her leadership on this subject. I am a doctor, and I have worked in low-income and free clinics, and I know title X funding works. It has impact. Here is how we also know it works: by expanding access to full…

We've got to recapture that imagination again. We've got to--as the Ranking Member said, we've got to dream big.

you do need focus, and that does help--public support is enhanced when there are timelines and there are benchmarks and people can see that progress.

I think if we want to accomplish what we want to accomplish, we have to get back to that

Let's actually dedicate the resources, the person power and inspire that next generation.

I want an American space program that moves us forward and leads and works with the international community.

We choose to go to the Moon.

If we make the right investments, we can lead the way once again and lead the 21st century space program.

Listening to the Chairman's description of the panel makes all of us feel like underachievers here.

This is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. This is about national pride and leading the way.

we ought to send a strong message to the Administration that these are clearly critical jobs that need to be filled

that broad order in my mind is making us less secure and certainly it's worrisome

Today I rise not as a Member of Congress, but as a doctor. When I graduated medical school and took that oath, there are two core ethics that we take when we take that oath: to do good. And that is exactly what we tried to do when this…

I'm glad that this process continues to move forward.

I support the amendment as well.

The importance of our investments in NASA and its ability to inspire can't be underestimated.

I think General Hyten said it best in--you know, when he described, you know, if you're walking on a wing and a wing-walker, you don't let go of one strut until you're firmly holding the next strut.

Before we legislate, we have an obligation to take the time to hold hearings, gather the necessary information, consider the views of stakeholders, and weigh the decisions that will help sustain a strong and stable future for NASA.

My concern with how this issue is resolved is that we don't want to decrease that philanthropy.

If you have one ministry, if you have someone in the MHA setting policy, that potentially becomes disruptive to many other NGOs, that is just a bad precedent.

I am the only Indian-American Member of Congress currently, and I am thrilled that I will be joined in the House of Representatives by three additional members in the 115th Congress and our first Indian-American Senator.

We have got a public health crisis on our hands. We have to get funding to address the Zika crisis. We now have over 16,000 identified cases. It is a terrible virus, and we have to get ahead of this. As a doctor and public health expert, I…

This is about honoring that sacred oath between a patient and their physician. Let's protect patients' rights, let's make our patients and women able to make the decisions that best impact their lives, and that is what this is…