The Republican Club of Central Pasco held its monthly meeting with Guest Speaker Congressman Gus Bilirakis at Copperstone Executive Suites, located at 3632 Land O'Lakes Blvd, Land O’Lakes. Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis is a Republican from Palm Harbor, representing Florida’s 12th Congressional District, which includes all of Pasco and northern parts of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. He was first elected to Congress on November 7, 2006.
Gus serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee. He is the Ranking Member of Consumer Protection & Commerce Subcommittee and a Member of the Health Subcommittee and Communications and Technology Subcommittee. With 38 bills he authored signed into law since 2015, Congressman Bilirakis was recently designated as the Most Effective Republican Lawmaker in the State of Florida by the Center for Effective Lawmaking at Vanderbilt University.
Working in a bipartisan manner, his main priorities include controlling government spending, creating jobs for middle class Americans, finding ways for government to operate smaller and smarter, and lowering taxes. He is also committed to strengthening homeland security, improving education, increasing access to quality health care, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, protecting Veterans’ benefits, ensuring the long-term viability of Social Security and Medicare, and improving emergency preparedness and response.
Republican Club of Central Pasco meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each month. And is open to the public and meets at Copperstone Executive Suites, 3632 Land O' Lakes Blvd. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.