Gus Bilirakis: “Studies have indicated that for every dollar that is spent on mitigation activities there is a $4 return on investment.”

Historically, programs that have been intended to provide broadband to unconnected communities... have been inadvertently used for overbuilding already connected areas.

Let me tell you, the speaker on the floor of the House of Representatives in the great State of Florida used to begin his speeches by saying, ``I am fired up.'' I am fired up, Mr. Speaker, because we are going to pass a great bill that…

I thank the chair for giving me the opportunity to speak. She has done such an outstanding job as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. We are so very fortunate. She thinks of her constituents and the American people as a whole…

I thank the chairman of the Health Subcommittee for his leadership and for yielding me time. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of the HALT Fentanyl Act. The American people are in the midst of a staggering illicit fentanyl crisis. Our…