Gus Bilirakis
Conservative
Republican
House Representative
Florida - District 12
Current Position: US House Representative FL-12
Running For: House Representative - District 12
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For tax relief measures including a $6,000 senior tax exemption, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, ending taxation on Social Security, and a homeowners insurance premium tax deduction
- For the Homeowners Premium Tax Reduction Act, providing an above-the-line $10,000 tax deduction on homeowners insurance premiums for a primary residence
- For federal disaster-recovery funding for Hurricane Helene/Milton recovery, securing $585 million for Pasco County infrastructure and relief
- For the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Business & Labor
- Against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (bank bailout)
Health Care
- For expanding mental health and addiction services, including funding for FQHC mental-health services, Vincent House Pasco, a behavioral-health hub, telehealth expansion via the EASE Act, and expanding licensed therapist participation in Medicare
- For expanding the federal newborn-screening panel and reauthorizing the Pediatric Cancer Voucher program to speed treatments for children with rare diseases and cancer
- For reauthorizing and supporting KidCare, a children's health insurance program
- For repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Education
- For increased school-safety funding, including $3 million brought to CD 12 districts
Environment
- For signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and a pledge against climate change legislation that would raise taxes
Civil Rights
- Against naming a federal building after Joseph W. Hatchett, the first Black Florida State Supreme Court judge
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For border wall construction and increased border security to combat cartel trafficking
- For providing continued U.S. support to Israel following the October 7 attacks
- For condemning Azerbaijan's offensive operations against Nagorno-Karabakh and denouncing Turkey's role in the conflict, calling for an immediate ceasefire
Public Safety
- For the Take It Down Act, giving law enforcement tools against AI-generated child sexual abuse material
- For gun rights; holds an 'A' rating from the NRA, supported concealed carry reciprocity (H.R. 38) and the Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act; also expressed willingness to consider some gun control measures like more school resource officers and restrictions on firearm access for the mentally ill after the Stoneman Douglas shooting, and supported reevaluating bump stocks after the Las Vegas shooting