Press Releases

WASHINGTON (1 February) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, today issued the following statement after the release of the White House's record $3.8 trillion FY2011 budget proposal:

"I have been encouraged by President Obama's recent calls for fiscal responsibility, but unfortunately the budget numbers presented today don't match the rhetoric.

WASHINGTON (27 January) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, this evening released the following statement on President Barack Obama's first State of the Union Address:

"Tonight President Obama outlined a welcomed, although small step toward fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, I fear that freezing 1/6 of the federal budget after a year of enormous spending increases which have already set us on a course to double the size of the $12 trillion national debt is little more than a political ploy.

WASHINGTON (21 January) - A dispute between the Obama Administration and Republicans on the Committee on Homeland Security over the Congress' right to conduct independent investigations of the Executive Branch ended when the Administration provided the Committee copies of a security manual it had withheld during Congressional hearings last month.

WASHINGTON (21 January) - U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight today, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging prompt action to enhance our nation's visa screening capabilities overseas to keep terrorists out of the United States.

NOTE: Bilirakis is a co-sponsor of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which passed the House by a vote of 412 to 12.