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May 5, 2010

WASHINGTON (5 May) – On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) introduced H.R. 5208, the Student Visa Security Improvement Act, which would improve the background checks conducted on student visa applicants from high risk areas and enhance America's ability to ensure, once in the country, foreign students are abiding by the terms of their visas.

April 23, 2010

WASHINGTON (23 April) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, today issued the following statement in response to the analysis of the Democrats' health care law from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):

April 14, 2010

The event is free and open to the public. Members of the media are asked to RSVP to:
David Peluso - (202) 225-5755 or david.peluso@mail.house.gov

WHO: U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Chris Carney (D-Pa.)

WHAT: Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight field hearing: "Unclogging Pipeline Security: Are the Lines of Responsibility Clear?"

WHEN: 10 A.M., Monday, April 19

April 7, 2010
Bilirakis Blog

On Tuesday, Gus hosted his third annual Career Fair in Tampa. At a time when Floridians are facing double-digit unemployment rates for the first time in decades, the fair served as great opportunity for people in search of work to meet with more than forty potential employers in the Tampa Bay area.

FOX 13 Tampa has more:

March 21, 2010

WASHINGTON (21 March) – This evening U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, issued the following statement after voting against the trillion dollar health care overhaul:

"Today, Congress missed a chance to reform health care in a sensible and equitable way.

March 11, 2010


WASHINGTON (11 March) - U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, today issued the following statement after the House Republican Conference adopted a unilateral moratorium on earmarks: