Michael Burgess

We are in a kangaroo court, it feels like in this place, because all of this is backwards.

You don't impeach somebody without at least making all the evidence proper

Shouldn't the underlying evidence sent to Judiciary Committee actually matter?

For institutionalists, this should bother you.

They are trying to interfere with elections, the 2020 election, by actually beginning this process and then going forward.

This is all about a clock and a calendar.

The Founders explicitly excluded the term 'maladministration' from the impeachment clause because they did not want to subject Presidents to the whims of Congress.

Alexander Hamilton called partisan impeachment, regulated by more of the comparative strength of parties than the real demonstration of innocence or guilt, the greatest danger.

The President should not be impeached, and I urge all Members, both here in the Rules Committee and tomorrow on the House floor, to vote no.

I would urge a no vote on his amendment.

Human trafficking is something that we took testimony on.

I introduced HR 1510, the Premium Relief Act of 2019, which includes reinsurance that is coupled with a structural reform of the Affordable Care Act.

Every bill before us today is paving that road to the North Star--to accomplishing one-size-fits-all healthcare coverage.

It is clear that a socialist takeover of even one sector of the healthcare industry--prescription drugs--in Speaker Pelosi's HR 3, there would be a reduced number of new drugs coming to market.

Let me be clear, each and every one of these bills before us today is about Medicare for All and the pathway to socialized medicine.

Single-payer healthcare would be another failed attempt at a one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare.

I am concerned about the consequences for existing Medicare beneficiaries, as this policy would raid the Medicare Trust Fund, which is already slated to go bankrupt in 2026.

I'm not sure the Three Wise Men would appreciate your comparison, as this North Star journey would lead our healthcare system as we currently know it to disintegrate into ashes.

Coverage does not equal care.

I support commonsense, market-driven improvements to our healthcare system.

We simply cannot afford the financial or human suffering that would accompany such a misguided policy.

Single-payer healthcare would cost over $33 trillion for the first 10 years.

More than 70 percent of Americans are satisfied with their employer-sponsored insurance, which does provide robust protections.

Medicare for All would eliminate private insurance, employer-sponsored health insurance, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program upon which many Americans depend.

Universal healthcare coverage has long been the North Star of the Democratic Party.