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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.

Mar 12, 2013

I just pray that 10 years from now another Congress is not having another hearing over the same sorts of failures.

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Mar 12, 2013

Back in 2010, Chairman Emeritus Barton was ranking member. He and I wrote to the Secretary expressing our concerns...

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Mar 6, 2013

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is an important bill that we are considering today. It's not a perfect bill. It's not the bill that I would write if I had the power to write the bill. But it's an important bill. And as a…

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Mar 4, 2013

Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act was passed now almost 3 years ago, and the Affordable Care Act was going to lower costs. And why wouldn't you like it? You get free stuff. Well, how do you pay for that free stuff? It turns out five new…

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Feb 27, 2013

I would appreciate some follow-up on this because clearly there is a concern.

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Feb 26, 2013

It is languishing, and we are coming up on 3 years.

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Feb 26, 2013

As I understand, the last report was in 2006.

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Feb 26, 2013

It is important that we make some progress: I will tell you what.

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Feb 26, 2013

It has been almost 3 years since this was signed into law. It is important stuff.

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Feb 26, 2013

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Mr. Langlois and Mr. Greene, thank you both for being here today.

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Feb 26, 2013

Let us see that it is implemented.

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