Ami Bera

Today I rise to recognize the three young men from Sacramento County who have deep roots in my district and whose quick thinking onboard a train to Paris saved lives and inspired our country. Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, and Spencer…

I agree with Dr. Cronin that we have to operate from a position of strength in the United States.

China's moves both in the East China Sea and Senkaku Islands... do need to be addressed.

I do think this is an incredibly serious issue that we need to take up.

You know, just listening to the witnesses, we all have the same goal, which is de-escalate tensions.

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, this bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. Mr. Speaker, this amendment is simple. It ensures that we have…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Bera moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2898 to the Natural Resources Committee, with instructions to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if ordered. The vote was taken by electronic…

Today, we are going to be asked to vote on another short-term funding patch for the highway trust fund. We have done this over 30 times, but what we need is a bipartisan plan and a long-term transportation goal that is fiscally…

As a child growing up in Southern California in the aerospace industry in the '60s and early '70s, it was remarkable what we could accomplish as Americans when we dreamt big.

When we think about this and when we think about where we want to go, we have to continue to think big as a nation.

I don't trust Iran. Right? In any final deal, verification has to be the starting point.

I tend to find myself very close to where Congressman Engel is, in fact, perhaps exactly where Congressman Engel is about this deal, which is to say that I think that we could have gotten a much better one.

The other day, I was out in my community and was introduced to a young man, Tyus Ashby, of Boy Scout Troop 447. Tyus and I got into a conversation, and he discovered I was on the Space Subcommittee. He asked if he could write me a letter…

If we look at the makeup of the U.N. Security Council, you know, it does seem like it is time to revamp the permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council, certainly to include the G4 countries, you know, India, Brazil, Japan, and…

the more open that data is, the better off you are.

available commercial weather data is incredibly important to us.

We are in a very competitive global marketplace, and it is a question of who is going to set the rules.

We are a benevolent Nation.

I am a doctor. I have been a doctor for over 20 years. When I graduated from medical school, I took an oath. That oath contains that promise of patient autonomy, that I am going to sit with my patients, I am going to answer their…

We are seeing what is happening in the South China Sea.

When China invests in Africa, they are doing it for a singular purpose, to extract those minerals.

What they are doing is they are learning how to manufacture cars.

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Bera moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2028 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the bill and…