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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.

Sep 14, 2011

I suspect there will be some new questions that come up as a result of our interaction today.

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Sep 14, 2011

If people like what they have, they may not able to keep it. I think that is a fair statement.

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Sep 14, 2011

the phrase I have heard associated with that is something magic happens when people spend their own money for health care, even if it wasn't their own money in the first place.

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Sep 14, 2011

But by regulation, working the MLR regulation at HHS, they decided to sort of pick and choose which taxes are exempt from the calculation.

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Sep 13, 2011

We do want the availability of solar at the retail level of this country.

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Sep 13, 2011

We are a coequal branch of government. We have a responsibility to protect the people's money as well.

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Sep 13, 2011

I do want to convey the message to members of the administration that when this committee calls, you respond.

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Sep 13, 2011

Sir, we subpoenaed the documents in July. You can't characterize that as cooperation.

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Sep 13, 2011

I think it is very important that we have the Secretary of Energy and the chairman.

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Sep 13, 2011

This is a different universe and your response as a venture capitalist is likely not consistent with being a good steward of the taxpayers' money.

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Sep 7, 2011

Mr. Speaker, every household in America knows this: The easiest money to save is money you haven't yet spent. That seems like common sense. We could reduce the deficit by eliminating spending that is to begin in the future, spending…

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