Dec 30, 2012
Mr. Speaker, our country is facing a crisis. I'm not talking about the made-for-TV crisis that's going on right now over the fiscal cliff. I'm talking about the deficit. The national debt now stands at $16 trillion. At the end of this…
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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Dec 19, 2012
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to start by thanking our chairman, Chairman Upton, Mr. Waxman, the ranking member, Mr. Rogers, as well as our staff, Clay Alspach with the majority staff, for all their help in assuring that…
Dec 12, 2012
It has been 1,000 days since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law.
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6190) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of…
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 6190, this is a bill that I honestly wish we did not have to consider today. Over the past several years, I have repeatedly asked the Food and Drug Administration, the…
Dec 12, 2012
The excess cost of health care is what we are going after. We have done it successfully in Wisconsin.
Dec 12, 2012
Remember the word 'affordable' is in the title. If we wanted to bring the cost of health care down, we would have invited Governor Mitch Daniels.
Dec 12, 2012
If the Federal Government doesn't require it, the States aren't going to do it, the history is actually the opposite.
Dec 12, 2012
I yield myself 1 minute. I would point out that the FDA has not retracted the use of racemic epinephrine for the short-term use of a rescue inhaler in the treatment of an acute asthmatic attack. That just simply has not happened. Then to…
Dec 12, 2012
I yield myself 1 minute. The ranking member spoke of a group called the Alliance for Sensible Atmospheric Policy. I wish this were sensible, Madam Speaker. This is the most nonsensical thing I have ever encountered. Look, America's asthma…
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