Washington, Dec. 16 -- Representative Ami Bera issued the following press release:

Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released a statement after signing Representative Anna Paulina Luna's (FL-13) discharge petition (https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025120211?Page=2) to force a vote on the Restore Trust in Congress Act, bipartisan legislation (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5106/cosponsors) Rep. Bera co-sponsored in September that bans Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading and owning individual stocks:

"Public service is a public trust. Members of Congress should not profit from their positions or trade on information we may receive as part of our official dut...