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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on H.R. 2754. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) that the House suspend the rules…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2094) to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school…
Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 315 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 315 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…
Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 315 provides for consideration of two pieces of legislation passed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The first, H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 introduced by my friend on…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute for a couple of brief responses. First off, I don't know whether the gentleman misheard or only caught me in midsentence. I was responding to the minority leader's statement about this September is the…
Mr. Speaker, let me yield myself 30 seconds for response, pending which I'm going to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from West Virginia. In the brief 7 months that I have spent on the Rules Committee in this Congress, there's only one…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, we all know, in order for this economy to flourish, energy has to be available and energy has to be affordable. Unfortunately, the situation we've seen in recent years is…
Madam Speaker, I will be happy to address some of the revisionist history. If we want to talk about reality testing, how about the fact that, in September of 2008, Democrats had controlled every level of power in the United States Congress…
Mr. Speaker, this week the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health will begin a markup on legislation to fix a problem that Congress has been struggling with for over a decade, and that's fixing what's known as the ``doc…
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 300 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 300 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it…
Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions), the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee.
Mr. Speaker, at this time I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline), the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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