WASHINGTON (8 May) -- On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) was recognized for his support of legislation making English the official language in the United States.

WASHINGTON (30 Apr.) – On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, supported legislation passed by the Committee that would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to obtain leases for two important local veterans' medical facilities.

WASHINGTON (Apr. 24) – On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), introduced legislation that would establish a national grant program to help U.S. states and territories establish ‘Silver Alert’ notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from dementia-related illnesses.

WASHINGTON (Apr. 24) – On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment to the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 2830) authored by Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) that would require the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to formalize and expand a pilot program for the mobile biometric screening of aliens interdicted in the maritime environment.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (21 Apr.) – In recognition of the 38th anniversary of Earth Day, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) will join with students throughout Hillsborough County tomorrow, as they attempt to set a world record for the most trees planted within an hour on Earth Day.

WASHINGTON (16 Apr.) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) has co-sponsored legislation that would place a temporary moratorium on several Medicaid regulations that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, would result in nearly $20 billion in cuts in federal funding to the program over the next five years.

WASHINGTON (15 Apr.) – In recognition for his demonstrated leadership on important business issues such as trade, investment, and transportation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday awarded U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) with the prestigious "Spirit of Enterprise" award.

WASHINGTON (4 Apr.) -- U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reacted strongly to the detention of foreign journalists and democracy advocates in Zimbabwe on Friday, and urged the government of President Robert Mugabe for their immediate release.

WASHINGTON (2 Apr.) -- U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis today released the following statement on the inaugural observance of April 2, 2008, as World Autism Awareness Day.

WASHINGTON (28 Mar.) – Following a wave of freezing cold temperatures in early January that damaged crops in Hillsborough County, Florida Congressmen Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Palm Harbor) and Adam Putnam (R-Bartow) sent a letter on Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer urging him to declare Hillsborough County a primary disaster.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (17 Mar.) - U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, this week will present more than $58,000 in combined federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Fiscal Year 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (14 Mar.) -- U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), will be presenting remarks entered in the Congressional Record honoring the work of Dr. Garland Forbes, who has been responsible for organizing and executing his annual "Plant 1,000 Trees Before You Die" observance.

WASHINGTON (11 Mar.) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, signed a discharge petition Tuesday for the immediate consideration of H.R. 4088, the Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act of 2007.

WASHINGTON (11 Mar.) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, today spoke in support of H. Res. 1024, a resolution commemorating the 187th Anniversary of Greek Independence and celebrating Greek and American democracy.

WASHINGTON (10 Mar.) -- U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) today urged House Democratic leadership to act in passing the Senate version of a permanent fix to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).