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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.
Washington, DC: Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), who serves as Advisor to Speaker Mike Johnson on VA issues, has re-introduced H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act. This critical legislation will rectify the injustice of concurrent receipt for certain Veterans by allowing Veterans with at least 20 years of service to receive both military retired pay and VA disability compensation.
Washington, DC: The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0, a bill co-authored by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) has just been signed into law. The legislation will reauthorize and increase funding for the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First), which has supported lifesaving research of treatments for ch
Washington, DC: President Biden has signed the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act into law. This important legislation will help Veterans and their families by modernizing and reshaping the delivery of care and benefits. Specifically, the new law will:
Washington, DC: U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis is proud to announce that Pasco County will receive a direct allocation of $585,704,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)-Disaster Recovery program stemming from Hurricanes Idalia, Helene and Milton. These federal dollars were passed as part of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2025, which was enacted on December 21, 2024.
Washington, DC: Congressman Bilirakis is leading the charge to advance his priority Veteran legislation before the end of this term. The Major Richard Star Act, which is jointly authored by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA), has garnered widespread bipartisan support, as evidenced by its 326 cosponsors in the House and 73 in the Senate. This critical legislation would rectify the issue of concurrent receipt for over 50,000 medically retired combat Veterans. The letter to House leadershi
Washington, DC – The Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024 authored by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Buddy Carter (R-GA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) in the House, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Todd Young (R-IN) in the Senate, has been signed into law.