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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.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to start by thanking our chairman, Chairman Upton, Mr. Waxman, the ranking member, Mr. Rogers, as well as our staff, Clay Alspach with the majority staff, for all their help in assuring that…
It has been 1,000 days since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law.
I yield myself 1 minute. The dean of the House described the amount of CFC released into the atmosphere as a ``piddling'' amount. Actually, the Food and Drug Administration has quantitated ``piddling'' for us in the Federal Register of…
I yield myself 1 minute. The ranking member spoke of a group called the Alliance for Sensible Atmospheric Policy. I wish this were sensible, Madam Speaker. This is the most nonsensical thing I have ever encountered. Look, America's asthma…
The excess cost of health care is what we are going after. We have done it successfully in Wisconsin.
Remember the word 'affordable' is in the title. If we wanted to bring the cost of health care down, we would have invited Governor Mitch Daniels.
If the Federal Government doesn't require it, the States aren't going to do it, the history is actually the opposite.
I yield myself 1 minute. I would point out that the FDA has not retracted the use of racemic epinephrine for the short-term use of a rescue inhaler in the treatment of an acute asthmatic attack. That just simply has not happened. Then to…
Your answer is not giving me--I mean, I talked about the Elysian Fields and the problems that are ahead.
I thank the gentleman for the recognition. I don't want to say that Ralph Hall has been here for a long time, but he was here when the Earth cooled the first time. Ralph, I just can't tell you what it's meant to serve with you. When I was…
Today I rise to recognize a member of the Frisco City Council, Captain Tim Nelson. Although he was elected to the council more than 18 months ago, his dais seat has frequently been empty, but for a good reason. Shortly after taking office…
When I send one of my staff members with my personal credit card down to Chick-fil-A to buy lunch for the office, I get a call back that says, Hey, your card is being used to charge $100 worth of Chick-fil-A here; is that OK with you?
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