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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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Jun 14, 2022

It begs the question, why do we ask for the data if we are not going to use it?

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Jun 14, 2022

I would like to ask unanimous consent to put into the record the slide deck from Chief Paul Cairney.

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Jun 14, 2022

Recent shootings in your State and my State underscore the need to keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

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Jun 13, 2022

Guaranteed that it was going to be a partisan exercise and that no voices on the Republican side would be heard.

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Jun 13, 2022

We never had a single hearing of what was actually necessary to help our healthcare sector who had been delivered this terrible blow by the coronavirus.

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Jun 13, 2022

What did you think was going to happen?

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Jun 8, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. We learned in the Rules Committee yesterday--in fact, the gentlewoman from Minnesota pointed out--how Republicans had little opportunity to provide any input into these bills that are going to be…

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Jun 8, 2022

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218, nays…

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May 10, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding. This Ukraine supplemental in this rule authorizes an additional $40 billion to provide defense articles and services, humanitarian aid, and financial support. I do believe it is…

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Apr 6, 2022

This rule provides for consideration of yet another Contempt of Congress resolution that has no purpose other than to punish. If the January 6th Select Committee wanted to actually compel production of the documents and records they…

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Mar 9, 2022

I also am from an energy State, and I want to associate myself with the remarks of Ranking Member Cole as far as the energy industry is concerned. Quite correct, the hostility of the Biden administration to American energy was front and…

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Mar 9, 2022

The Congressional Budget Office did provide to the Budget Committee, of which I am also a member, a list of the top 20 agencies that are overfunded with funds that have been appropriated over the last 2 years. The totality of those 20…

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