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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 move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 570) to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the Nation's disaster response framework, and for other purposes…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, currently Federal statute deters through omission the incorporation of dental professionals and schools into emergency response plans. H.R. 570 would remedy this omission…
Again, Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank Chairman Upton and Chairman Pitts and Ranking Members Waxman and Pallone for their work in passing this bill so quickly through the subcommittee and the full committee. I also want to thank Mr…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 525, the Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011, would take important steps to increase the number of public health veterinarians. Food animal veterinarians have a vital…
Again, I urge support for the legislation and for the passage of the bill, and 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…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 525) to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on H.R. 525 currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the American Farm Bureau Federation urging support of this legislation. I would also like to point out that this legislation enjoyed unanimous support from both the…
Mr. Speaker, I want to take just a moment to thank Candice Miller from Michigan, who was involved in this legislation throughout its course last year and has been very instrumental this year. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 570 currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…
Mr. Speaker, just before we left on break, Francis Collins came and talked to a small group of us at the Health Caucus one morning. Francis Collins, of course Dr. Collins, is the director of the National Institutes of Health and the lead…
Mr. Chairman, in the interest of comity, I will yield back any time that was yielded to me. The other side has had plenty of time to talk. We need to vote on this amendment and move on.
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