Ami Bera Quotes & Sayings

“Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the Pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants to our melting pot of hyphenated America: British-Americans; Italian-Americans; Irish-Americans; Jewish-Americans; Mexican-Americans; Chinese-Americans; Indian-Americans.”

“Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.”

“As a doctor, I understand how actions can affect lives.”

“I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school.”

“If our nation is to rebuild opportunity for future generations, it will require our elected leaders to realize that their responsibility lies not with their political party, but rather with the American people that they have been chosen to represent.”

“When I took the Hippocratic oath and was effectively 'sworn in' as a doctor, I took the same vow that doctors have taken for generations. Patient autonomy is core to this oath.”

“I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.”

“Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.”

“For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and medically appropriate.”

“I hope I'll have the opportunity to debate how we reform and update our immigration system. I will relate my own story and that of the countless immigrants whose American Dream stories have helped build our country into the greatest nation in the world.”