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.
Jun 1, 2015
Each of those dollars that is spent inappropriately is a dollar not spent on a patient, and is, in fact, a wasted taxpayer dollar.
Jun 1, 2015
Why wouldn't you fix some of these problems before you undertook to expand a program that, if I understand correctly, Mr. Bagdoyan, it was already on a watch list in 2008, and certainly on a watch list in 2009, when the law was written in…
Jun 1, 2015
When will we have a plan that can be presented to the public, identifies who is affected, and when they will have a safe, not a safer, but a safe replacement part available?
Jun 1, 2015
I do want to point out that the recently passed H.R. 2, that this committee had a great hand in getting started, and shepherding through the legislative process, and ultimately it was signed by the President.
Jun 1, 2015
I think it is important to put this discussion of improper payment rates in context with large scale financing of other public and private sector programs.
Jun 1, 2015
So, let me just ask you this, is there anything else that you can do, or we can do, to make certain that this process is clearly and effectively communicated to the driving public?
Jun 1, 2015
Well, seeing there are no further members wishing to ask questions, I do want to thank all of our witnesses for their participation in today's hearing.
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