Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Committee assignments, Legislation and Sunshine

Gus Bilirakis had a letter in the Tampa Tribune on February 9th listing his committee assignments and the legislation he is introducing. Here's the link:

http://www.tbo.com/pasco/MGBDTDRZXXE.html

He also introduced a bill last week which would give tax breaks to businesses that hire reservists. Here's a link:

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/02/TNSreservejobs070207/

We need to follow up with Gus' office and find out how he feels about the president's budget which will hurts veterans in several ways. Sorry I don't have a link. I heard Congressman Jack Spratt discuss the budget on C-Span last week.

Also on February 9th, Bill Adair had a column in the St. Pete Times on the Tampa Bay Congressional delegation making their schedules public. Here is a blurb from that column followed by the link:

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, is opposed because of personal safety. She said she did not want to give locations of her meetings for fear that she could be a victim of a stalker.

"I'm not against sunshine, I'm for safety," said Brown-Waite. "You need to be very careful when you're in the public eye."

Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, raised the same concerns until I explained that Tester and Gillibrand posted their schedules at the end of the day, after the meetings have been held. Bilirakis said he would consider the idea.


http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/09/Worldandnation/Some_lawmakers_let_a_.shtml

2 comments:

Strati Aradas said...

good work, there is so much info. to keep track of! I wonder if he has spoken on the house floor yet during this week's Iraq war debate

Susan S said...

Haven't heard him, but I haven't been tuned in full-time. Are the speeches available online I wonder????