Gus Bilirakis

The erosion of State and local preparedness funding leaves us at risk of not being adequately prepared to respond to man-made and natural disasters.

We cannot afford to become complacent--that is the bottom line.

A few days ago, I visited a local Tampa gas station and spoke with dozens of customers about the impact of rising gas prices on already financially strapped families. Overwhelmingly, my constituents told me that we must look at a broad…

I am pleased to be here to discuss the acquisition and development of medical countermeasures to protect the public health.

We are here today to discuss the ways we can and must be proactive, not just reactive, to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.

The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic similarly caused us to turn inward and review the successes of our public health response as well as our failures.

The events of October 2001, when our Nation was attacked through the mail with anthrax letters, changed the face of medical preparedness.

The President should send them to the Congress immediately and they should be passed.

Let's get this thing done because it is good for America and it is good for Colombia and Panama.

I think that is the frustration that is beginning to set in with our Colombian allies.

We are in the post-Cold War era, so we need to think of Latin America in a different way...

Yesterday, I was stunned to see a news report that unveiled, as far as I am concerned, the gross mismanagement of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

American taxpayers are providing dollars to put computers in mosques and giving imams Internet service.

I must again raise an issue I raised with Administrator Fugate last month.

I hope to hear more from Administrator Fugate about these efficiencies and his timeline for the completion of program evaluations to identify any duplicative programs.

I hope we can continue to discuss this issue and that you will work with me and my constituents to clarify these requirements.

This is just not just an economic issue; this is a national defense issue that we are not doing a thing about and we need to get on with it.

We are increasing and continuing to depend on foreign sources of energy.

Why is this administration--and you as Secretary of State are one of the leaders who is supposed to make sure that we are protected from enemies, both domestic and foreign--and right now, you know because you have been over the problems…

This administration is doing absolutely nothing to deal with it.

I feel very strongly that Honduras and the United States need to work closely together.

I have long been of the belief that U.S. and Brazilian interests converge on a wide array of issues.

How concerned are you about the fraudulent use of student visas, or any visas for that matter?

I find this recommendation, of course, very troubling.

We're one of the top three donors into this program and yet we have no ability to get across to the UNDP that we're not going to finance our own suicide here by allowing hard currency to get in to the development of nuclear weapons.