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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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Feb 25, 2014

I would ask you to submit that for the record, and how do you anticipate how the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services intervention in these negotiations to improve the program.

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Feb 25, 2014

We need, the committee needs that.

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Feb 4, 2014

With the health and safety of the American public at risk, we can't leave the job only half done by not adequately funding FDA to fully implement this important law.

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Jan 15, 2014

You need to be prepared to work with this committee to mitigate the damage that is going to be visited on America's health care system and the American people.

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Jan 15, 2014

I think the problems of the past dictate to us that there are going to be significant problems during this first year of Healthcare.gov.

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Jan 15, 2014

I think our providers are the ones who are truly at risk from your mismanagement of this problem.

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Jan 15, 2014

How in the world can we expect people across this country to trust this Administration when they have been continually told that everything will be ready, and in fact it was not.

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Jan 15, 2014

If I were the Secretary, I would have fired you, and that would have happened in October.

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Jan 15, 2014

I appreciate the time that you devote to our oversight efforts.

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Jan 15, 2014

I simply do not understand why no one has been held accountable for an error that egregious.

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Jan 15, 2014

This thing is a disaster, and the providers are going to be the ones who take it on the chin.

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Jan 15, 2014

It appears to a lot of us that you are going to be needing and sending taxpayer dollars in order to handle this problem of the risk corridors.

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