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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 7, 2012

Just a few years ago, a group called American Solutions conducted a nationwide poll on different topics relating to the Tax Code and on taxes and jobs. They crossed gender, ethnicity, economic, and party lines and discovered the following…

Congressional Record · 2012-03-07
Mar 7, 2012

Well, they might spend it on goods and services produced by other Americans, which would help their businesses; or they might reinvest it in their own business and perhaps hire a new person, even with the threat of the health care act…

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Mar 7, 2012

That's absolutely correct. Here's a few fun facts that I've compiled over the years on the income tax code. Each year, America spends 6.1 billion hours preparing their tax form. It turns out that's 254 million days. Who knew? The cost of…

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Mar 7, 2012

I think the result would be absolutely outstanding. One of my wishes is that I live long enough to see that glorious day when the chains are taken off the American economy, the chains imposed by the Tax Code. I actually wasn't going to…

Congressional Record · 2012-03-07
Mar 7, 2012

Well, very good. I hope the gentleman will stick around. I've got a few points I want to make, but at any point you feel like you want to expand upon something, please feel free to join back in. We often hear the saying that there's…

Congressional Record · 2012-03-07
Mar 7, 2012

Mr. Speaker, here we are 5 weeks from the time that we all have to file our income taxes--April 17 this year. It's 99 years since this House enacted the progressive income tax that we now all know by its familiar names that we all use for…

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Mar 7, 2012

This patch must be repealed to create a permanent system for Medicare reimbursement for our nation's medical system.

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Mar 7, 2012

We cannot afford to spend any money on the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Mar 7, 2012

Funding by states and the federal government to implement the changes should be withheld until the legal status of this law is settled.

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Mar 7, 2012

I urge this committee to take into account the problems that we are going to encounter with a sustainable growth rate formula...

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Mar 7, 2012

The President has decimated our Mars exploration budget, cancelled our plans to return to space exploration.

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