Bilirakis Blog
On Monday, Gus joined The Federal Drive with hosts Tom Temin and Jane Norris to discuss H.R. 1624 , Military Personnel Income Tax Exclusion Act.
St. Petersburg Times Editorial
Praise is due for work to create Silver Alert
In Print: Friday, March 27, 2009
Yesterday, Gus hosted his seminar on consumer fraud and identity theft.
The seminar was held at the CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D. Activity Center in Hudson and featured officials from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Postal Service.
On Tuesday, Gus joined with Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Representative Zack Space (D-OH) to introduce bipartisan legislation that increases awareness, education and research into congenital heart disease – a rapidly growing national health problem.
Today Gus joined with over 20 of his House colleagues, including House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), in writing a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their strong opposition to shifting health care for the nation’s veterans out of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The letter reads:
By Jeff Mason, Reuters News
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama picked a seasoned emergency response coordinator from Florida on Wednesday to lead the federal agency that was widely panned for its handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
According to a report by the Federal Trade Commision, Florida ranks third in the nation in the number of identity theft complaints filed.
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