The Alliance for Aging Research’s Distinguished Public Service Award is presented each year to a Republican member of Congress who is leading the way for policies encouraging medical research, innovation, and care to benefit Americans as they grow older. This year’s honoree is
Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL).
The Alliance for Aging Research’s annual Heroes in Health celebration took place virtually on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the first year that the event was held online. This year’s theme was Heroes in Health: An Event to Celebrate Community, Strength and Healthy Aging. The celebration honored individuals for their contributions to advance the experience of aging and recognized those whose outstanding efforts have helped older Americans and those with underlying conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about The Alliance’s Heroes in Health event here: https://www.agingresearch.org/event/2020dinner/
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 and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He is the Ranking Member of the VA Economic Opportunities Subcommittee and a Member of the VA Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, Health Subcommittee and Communications and Technology Subcommittee. With 27 bills he authored signed into law between 2015 and 2018, Congressman Bilirakis was recently designated as the Most Effective 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.
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