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Washington, DC— Representatives Steve Womack, Gus Bilirakis and a group of Republican colleagues have introduced of the Veterans First Act of 2022 to stop the White House from diverting resources for our Veterans to manage its self-inflicted southern border crisis.
Washington, DC- On March 31, 2022 Congressman Gus Bilirakis was contacted by a local WFLA reporter alerting him of concerns that the National Parks Service (NPS) had discontinued escorts for the U.S. Honor Flight program in Washington, DC. The Honor Flight Program is a wonderful initiative to honor our nation's heroes. Congressman Bilirakis has had the privilege of meeting many honor flight groups during their visit to the nation's Capital and each time has found it to be a very moving and memorable experience.
Washington, DC- On March 31, 2022 Congressman Gus Bilirakis was contacted by a local WFLA reporter alerting him of concerns that the National Parks Service (NPS) had discontinued escorts for the U.S. Honor Flight program in Washington, DC. The Honor Flight Program is a wonderful initiative to honor our nation's heroes. Congressman Bilirakis has had the privilege of meeting many honor flight groups during their visit to the nation's Capital and each time has found it to be a very moving and memorable experience.
Washington, DC: Earlier today, Congressman Gus Bilirakis took to the House Floor to denounce what he referred to as "the complete and utter failure of the Biden Administration's dangerous open border policies." Bilirakis highlighted that there were 221,303 migrant encounters at the southern border in March of this year, which is a 542% increase from March of 2020.
Washington, DC: In this week's Health Subcommittee hearing, Congressman Gus Bilirakis grilled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on a variety of pressing public health concerns, including his agency's failure to uphold the existing federal partial birth abortion ban. When Secretary Becerra testified before the same subcommittee in 2021, Bilirakis asked him about the ban. In response, Secretary Becerra falsely claimed that there was no law dealing specifically with the term partial-birth abortion.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today, with Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), introduced the Armenian Genocide Education Act, legislation modeled after her Never Again Education Act that will give teachers across the United States the resources they need to educate our children on the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of intolerance and hate.
Washington, DC: Earlier today Representatives Gus Bilirakis and G.K. Butterfield introduced the New Era for Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act. This important legislation will help transform the delivery of care to rare kidney disease patients by increasing community and healthcare provider awareness and education. Each year, Medicare spends more than $84 billion providing critical care to patients with chronic kidney disease, including $36 billion on patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
Washington, DC: Earlier today, two important bills authored by Congressman Gus Bilirakis, the Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act and the Spectrum Coordination Act, passed favorably out of the U.S. House of Representatives. So far this term, eight Bilirakis-authored bills have been signed into law, with eight more (including the two today) passing out of the House and currently awaiting final action in the Senate.