Tag: creating hope reauthorization act
G. K. Butterfield, Gus Bilirakis Get ‘Creating Hope Reauthorization Act’ Through the House
Butterfield introduced the proposal in September 2019 and rounded up more than 40 cosponsors including Bilirakis, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla.
Gus Bilirakis Looks to Get Bills Through the Health Subcommittee
Back in October, Bilirakis announced his support for U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui’s, D-Calif., “Timely Re-Authorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies (TRANSPLANT) Act.” U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, is also cosponsoring the bill which would reauthorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory. Longtime U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., served in Congress for more than four decades until his death in 2013 and led the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.
