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September 17, 2025

Washington, DC:  Congressman Bilirakis released the following statement after welcoming His All-Holiness Bartholomew Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch to Washington, DC. 

September 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Richard Hudson (NC-09), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) introduced the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act, bipartisan legislation to protect seniors’ access to essential laboratory services.

Issues:Health Care
September 9, 2025

Today, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) and Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at enhancing the reliability and resilience of the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure. The Emergency Reporting Act and the Kari’s Law Reporting Act would strengthen 9-1-1 systems, ensuring Americans can depend on effective and modern emergency response capabilities when disaster strikes.

September 8, 2025

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives today to reauthorize more than $280 million over five years for national cord blood and bone marrow transplant programs—critical initiatives that provide life-saving treatments for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and other serious diseases. The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.

Issues:Health Care
August 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. —Today, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Raul Ruiz M.D. (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), and Brad Schneider (D-IL) announced the introduction of the BENES 2.0 Act, aimed at protecting Americans approaching Medicare eligibility from costly and confusing enrollment penalties.

August 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), co-chairs and vice co-chairs of the Hellenic Caucus, led a bipartisan group of 40 lawmakers in calling on the U.S. Department of State to reject Turkey’s attempts to rejoin the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

August 8, 2025

Congressman Gus Bilirakis released the statement below:  

August 1, 2025

Washington, D.C.– In a significant step toward enhancing transparency and protecting patient rights within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Jack Bergman (MI-01) and Keith Self (TX-03) have introduced the Written Informed Consent Act.

Issues:Veterans