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Michael Burgess

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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.

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Dec 7, 2022

He so quite correctly outlined some of the difficulties facing Congress as we get to this end-of-the-year crunch of legislation that has to pass before the end of the year. There is no place where this is more pronounced than for our…

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Dec 7, 2022

If I could, I would inquire as to whether or not the gentlewoman has additional speakers.

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Nov 15, 2022

I agree with everyone who said this is enormously important historically.

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Nov 15, 2022

I think it is important to note that that was actually in the Native American law sphere commonplace prior to 1871.

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Nov 15, 2022

the concept of the Senate requiring an action of the House seems a little bit strange to some of us

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Nov 15, 2022

The Tribes shouldn't be penalized because the Congress operates differently today.

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Sep 30, 2022

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 209, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 475] YEAS--219 Adams Aguilar…

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Sep 20, 2022

The Constitution was very clear that no activity should happen without the express appropriation from Congress.

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Sep 20, 2022

I think, when I buy a car, I buy the car--the spark plugs, the fuel line, and, yes, the little items on the screen.

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Sep 20, 2022

There are separate licensing agreements with the software that--just, quite frankly, I don't know that owners--automobile owners are as aware of that as perhaps they should be.

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Sep 20, 2022

I am a little bit mystified as to why we are here in the Rules Committee doing a hearing on something that logically would belong in one of the committees of jurisdiction.

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Aug 12, 2022

This is a letter that explains how healthcare policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act would affect American patients. There are 21 healthcare professionals who signed this letter. It is remarkable that none of our concerns were…

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