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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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May 8, 2012

I will never get to all the questions I have. I am going to submit some in writing.

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May 8, 2012

I feel like EPA misled the American people on Utility MACT, and deliberately so.

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May 8, 2012

For the President to go run around talking about 'all of the above' energy policy and even on his campaign Web site to not even mention coal as an important energy sector is unbelievable to me.

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May 8, 2012

With all due respect, that budget was pure fantasy. It did not garner a single vote in the House of Representatives on either the Republican or Democratic side.

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May 8, 2012

Again, suffice it to say, fraud enforcement is not going to go away if the Affordable Care Act is struck down by the Supreme Court.

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May 8, 2012

I do want to go on record as saying there has been no bigger critic of the Title 42 program than myself.

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May 8, 2012

So the answer is no, there are no contingency plans? We are not paying attention to current events surrounding our agency, and if the world comes crashing down around our ears on June 30th, so be it.

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May 8, 2012

This is the equivalent of taking the Fifth on this issue.

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May 8, 2012

we are serious about conducting meaningful oversight of federal agency budgets financed on the backs of hardworking American taxpayers.

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Apr 29, 2012

I also want to acknowledge the work of Chairman Whitfield when he was our subcommittee chairman on Oversight and Investigations.

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Apr 29, 2012

I just want to appreciate the fact that I was able to simulcast from Texas because Texas is also horse country.

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Apr 29, 2012

If there is the ability either with the racing commissioners or within your professional organizations to deal with this, just in my experience, you are so much better doing that than asking the United States Congress to get involved.

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