Michael Burgess

The President's budget provides Congress with an important blueprint for our appropriations process and with the policies that this President and his administration would like to see in the coming fiscal year.

I appreciate the opportunity that you provided us to be a part of this. I would like to say that we very much support net neutrality.

Even if there were a chance that the majority's Title II bill could become law we now know unequivocally that it would be the wrong direction for rural America.

The idea that only Title II is 'real' net neutrality is dangerous and wrong.

DIR fees are atrocious.

We have to do away with the abuse of the generic manufacturers to delay this system.

I have seen senior citizens have to make a decision between buying medicine and buying groceries.

I feel like this will be your legacy, and I think it is an honorable legacy.

The benefits of a smart and thorough reinsurance policy would allow States to repair markets damaged by the Affordable Care Act while honoring federalism.

The legislation is, in fact, fully offset by stopping bad actors from gaming the system.

I did not accept the subsidies that all Members of Congress get for going in the DC exchange.

One of the principal failures of the Affordable Care Act was when we allowed Speaker Boehner, Leader Reid, President Obama, to remove Members of Congress from being forced to go into the exchanges.

The legislation that my friends on the other side of the dais have put before us today is once again disappointing.

I would have suggested that we look at language like I have introduced in H.R. 1510.

Bipartisanship means asking for my input, not just my vote.

It is important to mention that this bill would also provide Hyde protections.

Unfortunately, the bill before us today is particularly restrictive and does not provide States with adequate flexibility to use those funds.

Legislation that my friends on the other side of the dais have put forth today is once again disappointing.

The solution, Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, is not price controls.

What a disservice to our veterans. I mean they are trapped.

We had premiums go from $2,800 to $6,000 across the country.

The American people are not going to tolerate doubling their taxes.

I don't know how, with $22 trillion and all the things I just talked about, we can introduce another big-government takeover, essentially, of the health care economy.

Our contract is always with the patient. It is not with the hospital, it is not with the government.

There is something working in America's health care system that Americans are living longer because of improved health outcomes.