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On Tuesday, Gus joined with Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Representative Zack Space (D-OH) to introduce bipartisan legislation that increases awareness, education and research into congenital heart disease – a rapidly growing national health problem.
The Congenital Heart Futures Act aims to prevent premature death and disability and increase the quality of life for the nearly 1.8 million people in the United States living with congenital heart disease.
Today Gus joined with over 20 of his House colleagues, including House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), in writing a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their strong opposition to shifting health care for the nation's veterans out of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The letter reads:
The letter highlights the need to ensure that stimulus funding is spent appropriately and is not provided to employers that employ individuals in the United States illegally. In addition, the letter seeks to make certain that funding related to port and border security technology will be spent to meet the needs of enforcement personnel. Many of the provisions of the Act require the Secretary to provide expenditure plans to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee by April 9, 2009.
The seminar will be held at the CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D. Activity Center on 12417 Clock Tower Parkway, Hudson, Fla., from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Congressman Bilirakis will be joined by officials from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Postal Service, legal experts and members of the law enforcement community.
By Jeff Mason, Reuters News
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama picked a seasoned emergency response coordinator from Florida on Wednesday to lead the federal agency that was widely panned for its handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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EXPERIENCED OPERATOR
"I applaud the selection of Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate, as President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency."
"Director Fugate is keenly in tune with our state's needs on hurricane preparedness and response. I am eager to continue my work with Craig to ensure that our nation's disaster preparedness and response plans provide clear, consistent guidance to state and local officials before and after disasters."
According to a report by the Federal Trade Commision, Florida ranks third in the nation in the number of identity theft complaints filed.
The South Florida Business Journal has more...
By Mimi Andelman, St. Petersburg Times