Bilirakis Supports Legislation to Put Country's Fiscal House on Stable, Secure Path

"With today's vote, the House came together in a bi-partisan fashion to cut spending and put our country's fiscal house on a stable and secure path – all while not raising taxes on the American people," said Bilirakis. "In passing this legislation, we have made the tough decisions this country needs: prioritizing our spending, protecting our troops and veterans, cutting wasteful programs, and giving all hardworking Americans certainty."

Among the bill's provisions are the following:

• Full pensions for medically retired (disabled) military personnel and survivor benefit plan recipients.
• No new or additional funding for Obamacare. The bill also cuts $10 million from the Independent Payment Advisory Board and prevents the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services from siphoning a $1 billion Obamacare slush fund.
• A one-year delay of the flood insurance rate increases for newly mapped properties.
• A GAO feasibility study for Medicare smart cards, which would lay the framework for Congress to implement a provision within the Medicare Abuse Prevention (MAP) Act, legislation the Congressman sponsored to reduce fraud in the Medicare program.

Since Republicans took control of the House in 2010, federal spending has been cut by $165 billion. Furthermore, for the first time since the Korean War, spending has been cut four years in a row.

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