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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, voted in passage of H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act, and H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act.
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis, Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, today lauded passage of H.R. 2256, the Veterans Information Modernization Act. This legislation included a provision based on legislation introduced by Congressman Bilirakis, titled the Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery (COVER) Act.
"These kinds of practices are not only abhorrent and unacceptable in a civilized society, but truly heartbreaking. I am pleased with Chairman Upton's announcement that the Energy and Commerce Committee has launched an investigation into this matter. As a member of the Committee, I look forward to holding Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers accountable."
"After reading the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the agreement is not in the best interest of our country and is a gross reversal of a quarter century of nonproliferation policy regarding Iran. I will vote against the agreement, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, voted in passage of H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act.
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), today released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis, member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today participated during the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation's hearing titled Medicare Part D: Measures Needed to Strengthen Program Integrity.
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, today released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gus Bilirakis, member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today voted in favor of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, which passed the House by a vote of 344 – 77. This bill includes a number of provisions authored or supported by Representative Bilirakis.
I hear it often when I am back in my District in Florida — Washington is broken, politicians are beholden to the interests of the powerful, the voice of the many is lost, nothing productive gets done in DC, and partisan bickering has completely consumed the American political system.