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Michael Burgess: “We ought to be for patients before we are for the bureaucracy.”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
We ought to be for patients before we are for the bureaucracy.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes prioritizing patient care over bureaucratic processes.

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