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Gus Is For Us.
Candidate positionGus Bilirakis is delivering real results for Tampa Bay families: taking on skyrocketing property insurance, fighting for affordable housing, and working to lower the cost of living across Pasco and Hillsborough.
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Gus Bilirakis is delivering real results for Tampa Bay families: taking on skyrocketing property insurance, fighting for affordable housing, and working to lower the cost of living across Pasco and Hillsborough.
Families. Future. Freedom.
Candidate positionThree pillars. One promise. Gus shows up, gets results, and fights to lower the cost of living, because Gus Is For Us.
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Three pillars. One promise. Gus shows up, gets results, and fights to lower the cost of living, because Gus Is For Us.
Gus Is For Our Families
Candidate position$2M to expand mental-health services at Federally Qualified Health Centers.
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$2M to expand mental-health services at Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Gus Is For Our Future
Candidate positionLower costs, real tax relief, and a stronger recovery.
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Lower costs, real tax relief, and a stronger recovery.
Real Results Delivered for our Community.
Candidate positionWhen Tampa Bay families needed results, Gus delivered, from disaster recovery to lower costs. See how he is delivering for us all over Pasco and Hillsborough.
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When Tampa Bay families needed results, Gus delivered, from disaster recovery to lower costs. See how he is delivering for us all over Pasco and Hillsborough.
Put a Bilirakis sign in your yard!
Candidate positionShow your neighbors where you stand. Yard signs are free to constituents inside the new CD 12 footprint (Pasco & Hillsborough). The campaign will confirm availability and arrange pickup or drop-off.
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Show your neighbors where you stand. Yard signs are free to constituents inside the new CD 12 footprint (Pasco & Hillsborough). The campaign will confirm availability and arrange pickup or drop-off.
Named Florida's Most Effective Law Maker.
Candidate positionFrom there, Gus has championed seniors, kids, and rare-disease families: the longest-ever KidCare reauthorization, the EASE Act extending telehealth, Medicare reimbursement for marriage and family therapists treating seniors, the Pediatric Cancer Voucher reauthorization, and an expanded federal newborn-screening panel.
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From there, Gus has championed seniors, kids, and rare-disease families: the longest-ever KidCare reauthorization, the EASE Act extending telehealth, Medicare reimbursement for marriage and family therapists treating seniors, the Pediatric Cancer Voucher reauthorization, and an expanded federal newborn-screening panel.
Gus's Record Has No Parallel.
Candidate positionFrom hurricane recovery in Pasco to lower drug costs for seniors, safer schools, stronger borders, and tax relief that puts money back in workers' pockets, Gus's record delivering for us speaks for itself!
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From hurricane recovery in Pasco to lower drug costs for seniors, safer schools, stronger borders, and tax relief that puts money back in workers' pockets, Gus's record delivering for us speaks for itself!
Homeowners & Flood Insurance Affordability
Candidate positionGus filed the Homeowners Premium Tax Reduction Act, an above-the-line $10,000 tax deduction on homeowners insurance premiums for a primary residence, and is fighting for an Anclote River Basin study to attack the flooding driving repetitive-loss premiums in the first place.
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Gus filed the Homeowners Premium Tax Reduction Act, an above-the-line $10,000 tax deduction on homeowners insurance premiums for a primary residence, and is fighting for an Anclote River Basin study to attack the flooding driving repetitive-loss premiums in the first place.
Mental Health & Addiction
Candidate positionGus secured $2 million to expand mental-health services at FQHCs, brought federal funding to open Vincent House Pasco for those battling mental illness, secured funding for a one-stop behavioral-health hub in Pasco, extended telehealth for seniors through the EASE Act, and expanded the types of licensed therapists who can participate in Medicare.
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Gus secured $2 million to expand mental-health services at FQHCs, brought federal funding to open Vincent House Pasco for those battling mental illness, secured funding for a one-stop behavioral-health hub in Pasco, extended telehealth for seniors through the EASE Act, and expanded the types of licensed therapists who can participate in Medicare.
Children's Health & Rare Disease
Candidate positionGus is leading the fight to expand the federal newborn-screening panel (two new conditions were added at HHS this year) and he secured the reauthorization of the Pediatric Cancer Voucher to fast-track new treatments for sick kids. He also delivered the longest reauthorization of KidCare in the program's history.
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Gus is leading the fight to expand the federal newborn-screening panel (two new conditions were added at HHS this year) and he secured the reauthorization of the Pediatric Cancer Voucher to fast-track new treatments for sick kids. He also delivered the longest reauthorization of KidCare in the program's history.
Supporting the Trump Agenda
Candidate positionFlorida families want a Washington that secures the border, lowers costs, and puts America First. That takes a representative who will stand with President Trump and fight to get his agenda across the finish line.
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Florida families want a Washington that secures the border, lowers costs, and puts America First. That takes a representative who will stand with President Trump and fight to get his agenda across the finish line.
Gus Is For Our Future
Candidate positionFighting for affordable housing so families can afford to stay in the homes and neighborhoods they love.
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Fighting for affordable housing so families can afford to stay in the homes and neighborhoods they love.
Supporting the Trump Agenda
Candidate positionGus is a proven partner for the America First agenda, voting to secure the border, cut taxes for working families and seniors, and unleash American energy, the record that earned him President Trump's full support.
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Gus is a proven partner for the America First agenda, voting to secure the border, cut taxes for working families and seniors, and unleash American energy, the record that earned him President Trump's full support.
Hurricane Recovery in West Pasco
Candidate positionGus secured $585 million in federal disaster-recovery funding for Pasco County, usable for direct hurricane relief and for the long-term infrastructure work needed to fortify the county against the next storm.
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Gus secured $585 million in federal disaster-recovery funding for Pasco County, usable for direct hurricane relief and for the long-term infrastructure work needed to fortify the county against the next storm.
Supporting the Trump Agenda
Candidate positionFlorida families want a Washington that secures the border, lowers costs, and puts America First. That takes a representative who will stand with President Trump and fight to get his agenda across the finish line.
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Florida families want a Washington that secures the border, lowers costs, and puts America First. That takes a representative who will stand with President Trump and fight to get his agenda across the finish line.