Gus M. Bilirakis
Republican · FL · U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district
Gus M. Bilirakis has served in Congress since 2007 and represents Florida's 12th district. A senior House Energy and Commerce Committee member, he focuses on healthcare, veterans, jobs, taxes, and emergency preparedness.
Where Gus M. Bilirakis stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Labor Rights (2 records),
Mixed record
Healthcare Affordability (11 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (5 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign Finance Information — United States Representative, Congressional District 12
Campaign Finance Information
Data last updated September 21, 2026
- Raised
- $1,588,538
- Spent
- $1,155,885
- Cash on hand
- $554,070
- Debts
- $0
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$659,230
- PHYSICIAN$360,273
- PRESIDENT$284,154
- HOMEMAKER$283,106
- ATTORNEY$232,173
PAC money by interest
Healthcare · 75 PACs$291,500
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC)$10,000
- AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATON PAC (LABPAC)$10,000
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE (ACRO PAC)$10,000
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC)$10,000
- LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE$10,000
- and 70 more
Pharmaceuticals · 26 PACs$78,500
Phone, cable, and internet companies · 10 PACs$48,500
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL$8,000
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$7,500
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$7,000
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)$5,000
- and 5 more
Oil, gas, and energy · 16 PACs$42,500
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$7,500
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DUKEPAC)$6,000
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)$5,000
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC)$3,500
- TECO ENERGY INC EMPLOYEES' PAC$3,500
- and 11 more
Insurance · 14 PACs$38,000
- VSP HOLDING COMPANY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
- GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC)$5,000
- HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)$5,000
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC$4,500
- and 9 more
Donations sent through groups
Pro-Israel group that lobbies for U.S. military aid to Israel. It backs pro-Israel candidates from both parties. · aipac.org · aipac.org · fec.gov
TV and radio station owners' PAC. Its trade group fights new music royalty fees on radio and wants AM radio kept in cars. · nab.org · nab.org · fec.gov
Jewish Republican group. It backs Republicans and pushes for a hard line on Iran, support for Israel and action on antisemitism. · rjchq.org · rjchq.org · fec.gov
Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Helped move the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act through the House to criminalize nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes, and require rapid platform removal.
April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 11 support · 1 oppose
Introduced bipartisan legislation setting stronger health and safety standards for military housing.
January 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Helped pass the bipartisan Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act through the House to accelerate pediatric-cancer treatments and rare-disease therapies.
December 1, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced bipartisan legislation extending Medicare locum-tenens arrangements to all participating outpatient physical therapists.
February 25, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Had a VETCARE Act provision establishing a pilot program for dental care for veterans with chronic conditions signed into law.
January 2, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced bipartisan bills to expand the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry and eliminate military use of burn pits.
June 21, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act to revise Medicare laboratory-payment policy and protect seniors' access to testing.
March 29, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act to allow qualifying combat-disabled veterans to receive both military retired pay and VA disability compensation.
March 1, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored the Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act to require military burn-pit exposure tracking and mitigation; it became law.
March 16, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan Restore Veterans' Compensation Act to prevent unwarranted recoupment of separation pay from veterans receiving disability benefits.
February 2, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored a law requiring Defense Department medical providers to receive training on the health effects of military burn-pit exposure.
January 4, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored provisions enacted in the 21st Century Cures Act to incorporate rare-disease patient experience into drug review and preserve physical-therapy access in underserved areas.
December 13, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Co-authored the bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which unanimously cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee while preserving veterinary use.
July 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Reintroduced bipartisan legislation extending Medicare locum-tenens arrangements to all participating outpatient physical therapists.
February 25, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Helped enact the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, strengthening discipline procedures and protections for employees reporting wrongdoing.
June 23, 2017Supports Labor Rights
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Helped enact the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, strengthening discipline procedures and protections for employees reporting wrongdoing.
June 23, 2017Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Reintroduced legislation creating a nonpartisan expert commission to recommend ways to preserve the long-term solvency of Medicare and Social Security.
March 20, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored the TRACED Act, which expanded Federal Communications Commission enforcement authority against illegal robocalls; it became law.
December 30, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Secured $715,000 in enacted federal funding for a City of Inverness aerial ladder fire truck.
November 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act to revise Medicare laboratory-payment policy and protect seniors' access to testing.
March 29, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support · 1 oppose
Introduced the Permanent Tax Relief for Seniors Act to make permanent the federal income-tax deduction for people age 65 and older.
February 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Had a VETCARE Act provision establishing a pilot program for dental care for veterans with chronic conditions signed into law.
January 2, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced legislation creating a nonpartisan expert commission to recommend ways to preserve the long-term solvency of Medicare and Social Security.
March 20, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act to allow qualifying combat-disabled veterans to receive both military retired pay and VA disability compensation.
March 1, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan Restore Veterans' Compensation Act to prevent unwarranted recoupment of separation pay from veterans receiving disability benefits.
February 2, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — National Defense
National Defense · 5 support
Introduced bipartisan legislation setting stronger health and safety standards for military housing.
January 20, 2026Supports National Defense
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced bipartisan bills to expand the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry and eliminate military use of burn pits.
June 21, 2024Supports National Defense
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored the Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act to require military burn-pit exposure tracking and mitigation; it became law.
March 16, 2022Supports National Defense
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored a law requiring Defense Department medical providers to receive training on the health effects of military burn-pit exposure.
January 4, 2022Supports National Defense
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Led a congressional letter opposing a proposed sale of F-16 aircraft and modernization kits to Turkey and demanding State Department information about the request.
November 2, 2021Supports National Defense
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Introduced the Permanent Tax Relief for Seniors Act to make permanent the federal income-tax deduction for people age 65 and older.
February 17, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Foreign Trade
Foreign Trade · 1 support
Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 3 support
Introduced the Kids Online Safety Act to require safeguards and tools protecting children and teenagers from serious online harms.
December 5, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Helped move the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act through the House to criminalize nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes, and require rapid platform removal.
April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Led a bipartisan oversight letter seeking answers from Apple about App Store restrictions affecting blockchain and distributed-ledger applications.
July 27, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Introduced the bipartisan Armenian Genocide Education Act to support accurate educational programming about the genocide.
April 24, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored legislation awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor; it became law.
December 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 6 support
Co-authored the bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which unanimously cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee while preserving veterinary use.
July 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the Kids Online Safety Act to require safeguards and tools protecting children and teenagers from serious online harms.
December 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Helped move the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act through the House to criminalize nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes, and require rapid platform removal.
April 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Led a bipartisan oversight letter seeking answers from Apple about App Store restrictions affecting blockchain and distributed-ledger applications.
July 27, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored the TRACED Act, which expanded Federal Communications Commission enforcement authority against illegal robocalls; it became law.
December 30, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored provisions enacted in the 21st Century Cures Act to incorporate rare-disease patient experience into drug review and preserve physical-therapy access in underserved areas.
December 13, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Secured $715,000 in enacted federal funding for a City of Inverness aerial ladder fire truck.
November 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy
Peaceful Foreign Policy · 3 support
Introduced a bipartisan House resolution calling for efforts to end the war in Sudan and support a transition to democratic government.
July 13, 2023Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-authored legislation awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor; it became law.
December 29, 2022Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Led a congressional letter opposing a proposed sale of F-16 aircraft and modernization kits to Turkey and demanding State Department information about the request.
November 2, 2021Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — U.S.-Israel Ties
U.S.-Israel Ties · 5 support
Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.
May 16, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.
April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.
November 2, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.
September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's endorsement for reelection to Florida's 12th Congressional District.
September 19, 2024
Source: uschamber.com · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.
May 1, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.Res. 894, a House resolution that condemned antisemitism and stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. The House adopted it 311-14, with 92 members voting present.
December 5, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced bipartisan legislation authorizing a no-taxpayer-cost commemorative coin for the Fleet Reserve Association's centennial.
February 9, 2022
Source: bilirakis.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Race Gus M. Bilirakis is in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 12 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 12 (120th Congress), Florida · incumbent
Profile last researched September 20, 2026.