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.
Nov 1, 2011
the transparency and accountability of the normal Federal rulemaking process has now been circumvented
Oct 24, 2011
I would submit that the volume of CFC that is released into the atmosphere from the contingent of asthma patients that uses an occasional rescue inhaler that they buy at 2:00 in the morning is vanishingly small and not responsible for the…
Oct 24, 2011
Last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that despite her Department's best efforts, what is known as the CLASS Act is not fiscally viable and will not be implemented. The CLASS Act would have created a…
Oct 24, 2011
I guess that is overall what the concern here is of the committee today, and I think the reason that Representative Noem brought the legislation forward.
Oct 13, 2011
I think it is important here to--when Secretary Zients, former Secretary Zients from the Department of Energy was here, one of the very last things we asked him was, would you make available members of your staff, to our staff, to be able…
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