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U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, is headed this week to Guantanamo Bay as part of a congressional visit to examine the detention facilities and security management. Bilirakis is a member of the Homeland Security Oversight Subcommittee and has opposed closing GITMO, as the president wants to do.
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NOTE: Bilirakis is a co-sponsor of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which passed the House by a vote of 412 to 12.
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing regarding Afghnistan strategy today, Gus questioned General Stanley McChrystal about the need for the United States to capture Osama Bin Laden.
WASHINGTON (4 December) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), representing Florida's 9th Congressional District, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported the U.S. economy continued to lose jobs, keeping unemployment in double digits. The news comes as President Obama is scheduled to head to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark where it is expected that he will further commit the United States to a job killing national energy tax:
On Tuesday night, President Obama set forth a new course for United States engagement in Afghanistan. After the speech, Gus had the following reaction:
WASHINGTON (1 December) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, tonight issued the following statement after President Barack Obama detailed his new plan for winning the war in Afghanistan:
WASHINGTON (30 November) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, today issued the following statement regarding the release of the Department of Homeland Security's annual financial report: