Gus Bilirakis: “if it looks like a quack--a duck--and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck.”

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…

Why are we forcing families, businesses, and communities to adjust their schedules every spring and fall? The twice-yearly clock change is a relic of the past that no longer reflects the way Americans live.

Religious freedom is not simply an American value, it is a universal human right, and I truly believe that.

We are learning from those experiences, because a law that gets struck down in court does not protect a child.