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Ami Bera is an American physician and politician currently serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 7th congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his tenure in Congress. Bera has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving access to healthcare and addressing climate change.
Day No. 14. Mr. Speaker, today is the 14th day of the government shutdown, and we are 1 day closer to defaulting on our debt. Mr. Speaker, we've never not paid our bills as Americans--as Americans, we always pay on time-- but we are 1 day…
Day No. 12--Mr. Speaker, today is the 12th day of a government shutdown and 1 day closer to defaulting on our debt. In the history of our great Nation, we have never failed to pay our bills. We are Americans. We always pay our bills. Mr…
It is day No. 10. Mr. Speaker, today is day No. 10 of a government shutdown, a totally unnecessary government shutdown. This is a manufactured crisis, Mr. Speaker. It is time that we open the government back up. Mr. Speaker, if our…
Day No. 9, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today is day No. 9 of the government shutdown. Enough with the games, the name calling, the finger-pointing. It's time we come together, open the government, pay our bills, and then begin negotiating a…
Day No. 8, Mr. Speaker. Today is day No. 8 of a government shutdown. Enough of the gamesmanship. Enough with the name-calling. Enough with the blame game. It is time we opened up the government. Real Americans are getting hurt, like Brian…
Day No. 5 of the government shutdown--day No. 5. Yesterday you said something that I couldn't agree with more, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday you said, ``This is not a game.'' Last night, my staff gave me a letter from one of my constituents…
Day No. 4 of a government shutdown, day No. 4 of not doing our job. To the folks in the gallery, if you sit here all day, you're going to hear people throwing the blame game and playing that blame game-- Democrats blaming Republicans…
Day No. 3--day No. 3--of a government shutdown that doesn't need to happen. Mr. Speaker, we need leadership, we don't need the blame game, and yet that is what we are seeing. Republicans blaming Democrats, Democrats blaming Republicans…
It's day number two of a government shutdown. The American public is watching, and they're not happy with what they're seeing. Mr. Speaker, you are the leader of this body, the House of Representatives. You're the Speaker of the House…
Last night, just after midnight, you allowed the government to shut down. Enough with the gimmicks. I'm not up here to play the blame game, to blame Republicans, to blame the President, to blame the Senate, to blame Democrats. That isn't…
12 hours. In about 12 hours, we threaten to shut this government down. Now is the time to exhibit leadership, Mr. Speaker. You are the leader of this body. It has Democrats and Republicans, so we've got to take the best ideas out of both…
In 3 days, this body threatens to shut down the government. A government shutdown is going to affect millions of Americans. A government shutdown is going to affect middle class families at a time when our economy is slowly recovering, at…
Five more days, Mr. Speaker. In just 5 days, this body threatens to shut down the government. The public and the American citizens are fed up with these shenanigans. They want us to do our job. If the government shuts down, we are going to…
We have 10 short days before this government could shut down. Yet today, after working only 9 days this month, Congress is about to go on recess. We shouldn't be leaving here today. We should be staying, working, and coming to a real…
I actually think it would be in our interest to have that as a multi-user facility.
lack of mission clarity makes it much harder to make some of these decisions on what assets to keep
if you don't have that long-term plan, if you don't have that roadmap, how are we going to make the decisions
We must also send a clear-cut message of what our values are and that the United States and its hope for success will not tolerate human rights abuses and oppression.
I continue to be particularly troubled by ongoing reports of ethnic violence, remaining political prisoners, suppression, mass arrests and raids on homes and monasteries.
But the truth is for this hope and optimism to continue there are major challenges that Burma will need to overcome.
Increasingly, more of the meth that does seem to be coming from Mexico does seem to be being smuggled in as liquid as well.
I am a physician by training and I represent Sacramento County in the northern California area where we have got a huge methamphetamine challenge.
I believe that in order to empower women, and in order for women to be able to exercise the choices that they need to make about their lives and who they are, that the right to abortion has to be part of that narrative.
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