Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis is a Republican representing Florida's 12th Congressional District, which includes all of Pasco and northern parts of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. He was first elected to Congress on November 7, 2006. Gus serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee. He is the Ranking Member of Consumer Protection & Commerce Subcommittee and a Member of the Health Subcommittee and Communications and Technology Subcommittee. With 38 bills he authored signed into law since 2015, Congressman Bilirakis was recently designated as the Most Effective Republican Lawmaker in the State of Florida by the Center for Effective Lawmaking at Vanderbilt University.
Working in a bipartisan manner, his main priorities include controlling government spending, creating jobs for middle class Americans, finding ways for government to operate smaller and smarter, and lowering taxes. He is also committed to strengthening homeland security, improving education, increasing access to quality health care, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, protecting Veterans' benefits, ensuring the long-term viability of Social Security and Medicare, and improving emergency preparedness and response.
The U.S.-Greece relationship and U.S. policy in the region was put on its present trajectory as a result of the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act and the U.S.-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act. How will Congress follow up on this successful legislation? What more does Congress want to see out of the Administration?
FLASH TALKS
The origins of the legislation
Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator for New Jersey
Congress and the region
Gregory W. Meeks, U.S. Congressman, 5th District of New York
Michael McCaul, U.S. Congressman, 10th District of Texas
Priorities of the Hellenic/CHIA caucuses
Nicole Malliotakis, U.S. Congresswoman, 11th District of New York
Chris Pappas, U.S. Congressman, 1st District of New Hampshire
Gus Bilirakis, U.S. Congressman, 12th District of Florida
Brad Schneider, U.S. Congressman, 10th District of Illinois
Chair: Endy Zemenides, Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council, USA
