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Washington, DC (December 17, 2010) – Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) issued the following statement after voting against continued spending and stimulus measures:
"While we can't increase taxes during difficult economic times, the American people want us to cut spending and stop adding to our deficit," Bilirakis said. "It's vital that we create tax certainty and stability, but I could not support this so-called compromise because it will continue to cripple our nation's fiscal position."
Washington, DC (December 16, 2010) – Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats released their 1,924-page 2011 spending bill that will cost $1.1 trillion and contains more than 6,000 earmarks.
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"Today's ruling reaffirms what the American people have been saying from day one: Obamacare is a job-killing takeover of our health care system that unconstitutionally forces people to buy health insurance," Bilirakis said.
"Simply talking about the need to create jobs won't help as long as Democrats pursue these fiscal attacks on our families and businesses," says Gus.
As the December 3 deadline to apply for special retroactive stop-loss pay approaches, Gus is encouraging eligible service members and veterans to contact the Department of Defense for information about receiving benefits.
Military members whose service was involuntarily extended under stop-loss between September 11, 2001, and September 30, 2009, are eligible for additional benefits.
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