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WASHINGTON - Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) re-introduced the TICKET Act, bipartisan legislation to improve transparency in the entertainment industry by requiring all event ticket sellers to display the total ticket price—including all required fees—upfront, provide refunds for cancelled or postponed events, and protect consumers from deceptive ticketing websites. 

Washington, D.C.- Earlier today, Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Paul Tonko reintroduced the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act. This key legislation builds upon a provision which was signed into law as part of the 21st Century Cures Act to give physical therapists in rural, medically underserved, and health professional shortage areas to the ability to use locum tenens arrangements to ensure their patients continue to receive quality care during a temporary provider absence (e.g.

Washington, DC – Earlier today, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Angie Craig (D-MN) re-introduced the Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for (LIVE) Beneficiaries Act.  According to a recent HHS Office of Inspector General report, an audit of just 14 states found more than $249 million in improper Medicaid capitation payments that were made to Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) on behalf of deceased enrol

Washington:  Earlier today, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Chairman of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025.  This bipartisan and bicameral legislation recognizes that AM radio is an essential communication tool during emergencies, and for decades has been a source of news, entertainment, sports, and music for tens of millions

WASHINGTON — Earlier this week, Speaker Johnson announced the Members of the House Select Committee of Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party led by Chairman John Moolenaar (MI-02).  U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), who also currently serves as Chairman of the Commerce Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, has been appointed by Speaker Johnson to this important Select Committee. 

WASHINGTON, DC—Reps. Scott Franklin (FL-18), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) today reintroduced their bipartisan legislation, the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act, which aims to update regulations and support Florida citrus growers.  The measure is cosponsored by the entire Florida Delegation. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gus Bilirakis co-sponsored legislation introduced by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), to increase access to care for Veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers in the community.  The Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025 establishes existing community care access standards as the baseline standard of

Please see the statement below from Congressman Gus Bilirakis after Governor DeSantis appointed Attorney General Moody to serve as Florida’s next United States Senator.