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Gus M. Bilirakis

R Republican · Representative, Florida 12th district
15
Low self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#134 of 193 scored

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL12), in the House since 2007 and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, presents a largely clean financial-conduct record. His reported net worth (estimated under $100K in disclosures) is modest, and aggregator data shows minimal-to-no active individual-stock trading, with no documented committee-sector timing concerns. His top campaign donors track his Energy and Commerce jurisdiction (health, electronics/communications, insurance), which is a correlation rather than evidence of vote-selling; he has also co-sponsored the STOCK Act and bipartisan "zombie campaign" reform. He carries a low lifetime missed-vote rate (~2.3%, near the chamber median), and no substantiated personal-use, family-lobbying, or revolving-door findings tied to his office were located in public records.

Public record

In Congress since
2007
Committees
Energy and Commerce
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.2% (15 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.6M raised · 52% from PACs & committees · $554K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

0trades since Jan 2025
0buys
0sells
0filed past 45 days
$0–$0disclosed value range

1 of 1 reports were filed on paper (scanned images) and aren't itemized here; they're linked from the official index.

No transactions parsed.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
8
Aggregators list very limited individual-stock activity (one source references ~37 transactions historically, but Quiver/Congress trackers show no active/material disclosed portfolio and no recent trades). No documented committee-sector timing or market-beating returns. Scored low rather than zero given ambiguous trade history; data quality is weak.
Bilirakis trading-activity tracker page shows no material active portfolio or recent disclosed trades.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Congress Stock Tracker references his STOCK Act PTR filings with limited disclosed trading.Data aggregatorcongressstock.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
5
OpenSecrets estimated his 2018 net worth at roughly $96,016 (ranked 296th in the House) — modest holdings (commercial bank stock, real estate, empty lots). No evidence of growth beyond salary/market over tenure; low estimated wealth argues against enrichment.
OpenSecrets estimated 2018 net worth ~$96,016, ranking 296th in House, with modest bank/real-estate holdings.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
38
Correlation, not proof. As a senior Energy and Commerce member (Health, Communications & Technology, Consumer Protection subcommittees), his top-donor industries concentrate in sectors he regulates — health professionals/pharma, electronics/communications, and insurance. Typical of a committee veteran; no specific quid-pro-quo documented.
Bilirakis is a senior Energy and Commerce member with leadership on health and commerce subcommittees regulating his top-donor sectors.Official recordenergycommerce.house.gov ↗OpenSecrets industry/contributor data shows donor concentration in regulated sectors.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No substantiated personal-use finding tied to Bilirakis was located; an FEC MUR surfaced in search did not clearly establish a personal-use violation by him. He co-sponsored bipartisan 'zombie campaign' reform restricting personal use of leftover campaign funds. No data to score.
Bilirakis co-sponsored bipartisan legislation restricting personal use of dormant ('zombie') campaign accounts.News reportingfloridapolitics.com ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
12
His father, former Rep. Michael Bilirakis (FL, 1983-2007), preceded him in the same seat; Gus took over the family law practice (probate/estate). No documented active family lobbying contracts or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline directly tied to his office were confirmed. Family political dynasty noted; concrete office-tied lobbying evidence is thin.
Gus Bilirakis succeeded his father Rep. Michael Bilirakis and took over the family Bilirakis Law Group practice.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
5
Low absenteeism: missed 296 of 12,653 roll-call votes (~2.3%) from 2007-2026, near the chamber median of ~2.1%. No evidence of heavy paid-speech income or fundraising displacing legislative duties.
Bilirakis missed 2.3% of roll-call votes (296 of 12,653) 2007-2026, on par with the ~2.1% median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 2 data aggregator · 4 reference database · 1 official record · 1 news reporting. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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