FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Greek-American Congressman Gus Bilirakis was hailed as “Florida’s Most Effective Congress Member” by The Floridian on July 25 following a busy week. Three pieces of bipartisan legislation co-authored by Rep. Bilirakis were passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, The Floridian reported.
Among the three bills was the “Ending One-Ring Scams Act of 2019, the legislation seeks to empower the Department of Justice to stop robocallers from defrauding consumers through a new type of malicious phone call scam that has been affecting Floridians for quite some time,” The Floridian reported, adding that “the legislation was passed as part of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.”
Rep. Bilirakis said of the issue, “we all hate the plague of robocalls” and “for some, they are more than a nuisance, as unsuspecting victims suffer financial harm… these bad actors target the elderly and most vulnerable for these crimes. Our bipartisan legislation will help protect the public from these tactics,” The Floridian reported.
Earlier this year, Bilirakis was listed by Vanderbilt University as “the most effective Florida lawmakers based on the number of bills that he has authored and that have become law during the 115th Congress,” the Floridian reported, adding that “Bilirakis prides himself on being able to reach across the aisle to get work done.”
The Ryan Kules Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019 and the Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019, also co-authored by Bilirakis, also recently passed the House.
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