Washington:
Indian-American Congresswoman Ami Bera has been elected a senior member of a key House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that deals with the Indo-Pacific region.
Last November, Mr. Bera, 57, was reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s sixth congressional district. He is the oldest Indian-American legislator in the House which now has five such legislators in the 118th Congress.
During the 117th Congress, he chaired the subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation, where he spearheaded efforts to revitalize U.S. relations with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific .
“I am proud to continue my leadership of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a senior member of the subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific remains the most influential region in the world for our national security, economic interests and values ,” Bera said in a statement Wednesday.
“I am committed to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to address the many challenges facing the region, including the aggressive and coercive actions of the People’s Republic of China, the urgent need for post-pandemic economic recovery and the decline of democracy and human rights,” he said.
Congressman Bera added, “I look forward to continuing to help lead the subcommittee’s bipartisan work in support of a more free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific.”
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