On June 21, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), and Senators John Thune (R-SD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to quickly finalize a set of proposed rules that would deliver quality care to seniors on Medicare faster by modernizing and streamlining prior authorization processes
A bipartisan pair of Senators want the federal government to do more to support the mental health of firefighters, paramedics, police and other first responders
U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), and Steve Womack (R-AR) on June 9 introduced the Care for Compact of Free Association (COFA) Veterans Act
On June 8, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) led 66 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf expressing concern with the detrimental impact of drug shortages on individuals battling cancer
On June 1, Ranking Member Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific introduced a bipartisan resolution to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemn the ongoing and escalating crackdown on human rights within the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong
On May 31, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) voted for bipartisan legislation to raise the debt ceiling and ensure the United States avoids a default on its national debt