On August 12, 2023, President Biden submitted a request to Congress for emergency funding which includes an additional $24 billion in funding for Ukraine.
On August 7, 2023, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and reintroduced the Strengthening America’s Families Act (SAFA), which would use research and the science of child development to transform the child welfare system.
On July 26, 2023, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appointed Representative Gus Bilirakis to serve as Veterans’ Advisorto the Speaker. Bilirakis, who served for more than fourteen years as the Vice-Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, has a long history championing legislation to help Veterans and their families.
On July 18, 2023, Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced bipartisan, bicameral resolutions urging the European Union (EU) to fully designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis has received the Guardian of Seniors’ Rights Award from the American Association of Senior Citizens for his continued advocacy on behalf of our nation’s seniors.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just updated its Mapping Broadband Health in America platform to incorporate maternal health data as directed by the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act which was authored by U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis and signed into law in 2022.
This week, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) along with U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act, which will protect the dignity of those who donate their bodies to education or research.
Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters to 50 online marketplaces nationwide notifying them about their obligation to comply with the new Integrity,
This week, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Kathy Castor (D-FL), who both serve on the Energy & Commerce Committee introduced H.R. 4056, the Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023.
U.S.Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Greg Murphy (R-NC), and Danny Davis (D-IL) have filed the Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act.
Earlier today, Chairman Gus Bilirakis released text of the Fairness Accountability and Integrity in Representation of College Sports Act (FAIR College Sports Act).
On May 17, 2023, U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 along with Representatives Tom Cole (R-OK), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), as well as Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Brad Schneider (IL-10), along with Senators Tim Scott (SC) and Maggie Hassan (NH) introduced the Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act to help end abuses in the Medicare system that create unfair, unnecessary, and costly financial claims.
On May 15, 2023, Congressman Gus Bilirakis re-introduced the Coastal Broadband Deployment Act, which would accelerate the deployment of broadband projects entirely within a floodplain.
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA), co-chairs of the bipartisan bicameral Rare Disease Congressional Caucus, led a group of lawmakers in calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to bring more reliability and consistency to the process of reviewing rare disease therapies.
Congressman Gus Bilirakis is proud to announce that Madeline Teague, a senior at Hernando High School, has won the Best in Show at the 2023 Congressional Art Competition, which was held in Land O’ Lakes last night.