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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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Nov 27, 2012

Eliminating inappropriate payments, payments that, in fact, embarrassingly hemorrhage from the programs, is, as Mr. Pallone pointed out, a bipartisan issue.

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Nov 27, 2012

Apparently it is worthwhile for Visa. Because what is their fraud rate? .03 percent? And CMS's fraud rate is anybody's guess, but 10 percent or whatever it is?

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Nov 13, 2012

Look, you owe us the information you have.

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Nov 13, 2012

Mr. Chairman, may I suggest that those emails are a critical part of our investigation and that we must receive those, even if it is necessary to exercise subpoena authority.

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Nov 13, 2012

The crux of this hearing is to get to the bottom of what happened. We can't get to the bottom if we don't have the information.

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Nov 13, 2012

On September 11 of this year, four Americans, including our United States ambassador, were killed in an attack at the Benghazi consulate. On September 25, I sent a letter to President Obama regarding the numerous inconsistencies voiced by…

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Nov 13, 2012

You owe us the ability to look at those internal documents and see what the discussion----

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Sep 20, 2012

the spectrum is a valuable asset owned by the People of the United States.

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Sep 20, 2012

The expansion of the 4G cellular networks to a portion of radio spectrum traditionally reserved for mobile satellite communications would improve mobile satellite communications and benefit U.S. consumers needing more bandwidth for…

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