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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.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield myself 2 minutes. I wanted to just list some of the exemptions from the individual mandate--those passed in a bipartisan manner by the House of Representatives and those instituted by executive action by the…
Do you feel that what you are receiving now and Medicare is an entitlement or is that something for which you have paid?
President Obama told seniors he would use the money from Medicare to fund the Affordable Care Act, and at the same time improve Medicare for beneficiaries.
The President sold the Affordable Care Act on a foundation of false promises.
But we also believe that athletes and teammates need to watch out for each other, because the concussed athlete themselves may not have the wherewithal to know that they aren't right, and yet their teammate right next to them oftentimes…
The President, however, decided to take money away from a working program in order to fund one that is dysfunctional.
Again, Mr. Speaker, I would just emphasize there have been changes by administrative action, some 19 that President Obama has done all on his own, without any influence from Congress. Now, if the gentleman were truly interested about an…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 497 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 497 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…
Seeing no other speakers on my side, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Here is the Affordable Care Act. The President says it is the law of the land. How does it describe the effective date for the individual mandate? Under section 1501, subparagraph D, effective date: The amendments made by this section…
H. Res. 497 provides for consideration of two bills, one of which addresses the country's worsening health insurance situation due to the Affordable Care Act; the other addresses the Environmental Protection Agency's attempts to cripple…
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