 On April 30, 2019, Blahous testified on this research at the first Congressional hearing on Medicare for All, in front of the House Rules Committee.Blahous was born in 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, the second of three children of Charles Paul Blahous II of Czech descent and Marjorie Alice Robertson of Scot/English ancestry.His father's paternal grandfather Cyril Blahuš (1883-1934) was from Ostrožská Lhota and grandmother Alžběta Sochorová (1885-1978) was from Strážnice.