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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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Sep 18, 2013

Seven other times the President has decided himself that parts of the law were unimportant...

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Sep 18, 2013

It has never been popular, it has never enjoyed popular support, it is becoming increasingly clear how dangerous this law is to people's health and healthcare.

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Sep 18, 2013

We want to get as many--we had a number of factors.

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Sep 18, 2013

You know, we get criticized on this side of the dais because of attempts to reign in the Affordable Care Act.

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Sep 18, 2013

The cost and the difficulty of doing criminal background checks, yes, we were concerned about that.

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Sep 18, 2013

I think it is important to recognize that for many, many years employers have been struggling with the ever-increasing costs of healthcare and of health insurance, double-digit increases year after year.

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Sep 18, 2013

I appreciate the recognition, and here we are a dozen days from the start date of October 1.

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Sep 18, 2013

There is no federal requirement for background checks or criminal record checks in the Navigator Program.

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Sep 18, 2013

I am confident the taxpayer would like to have their $1.2 million back if the grant application was approved based on information which you said would make it ineligible for approval.

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Sep 17, 2013

Today is the 226th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important documents in world history. A lot of us talk about the Constitution, and talk about it often; but sometimes we forget the ground-breaking influence of that document…

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Sep 11, 2013

The Senate-passed bill, in my understanding from recent discussion with the House Parliamentarian, has not arrived in the House. The reason it has not arrived in the House is because it has an origination problem. The Senate, in its haste…

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Sep 11, 2013

House Resolution 339 provides for the consideration of H.R. 2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act of 2013. This is a critical bill as the Obama administration begins to implement and sign up people for the insurance exchanges in…

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