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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.
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 525, the Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011, would take important steps to increase the number of public health veterinarians. Food animal veterinarians have a vital…
Again, Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank Chairman Upton and Chairman Pitts and Ranking Members Waxman and Pallone for their work in passing this bill so quickly through the subcommittee and the full committee. I also want to thank Mr…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, currently Federal statute deters through omission the incorporation of dental professionals and schools into emergency response plans. H.R. 570 would remedy this omission…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 570) to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the Nation's disaster response framework, and for other purposes…
Mr. Speaker, we are coming up, in 2 short weeks' time, on the 1-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, affectionately known as ObamaCare. Mr. Speaker, what has that year wrought? Many of us will…
Mr. Speaker, just before we left on break, Francis Collins came and talked to a small group of us at the Health Caucus one morning. Francis Collins, of course Dr. Collins, is the director of the National Institutes of Health and the lead…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, seeing the gentleman from California down on the floor reminds me: When this bill passed, the Congressional Budget Office told us there would be $142 billion in savings over 10 years; but…
Mr. Chairman, in the interest of comity, I will yield back any time that was yielded to me. The other side has had plenty of time to talk. We need to vote on this amendment and move on.
I yield myself the balance of my time. We are hearing a lot about $3.25 billion that was sent to Texas under the stimulus/ARRA funds in 2010-2011. This money was actually appropriated by the Texas State legislature--Texas Senate: 29 ayes…
Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to the remaining time? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 30 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 1 minute remaining.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Fort Worth, Texas (Ms. Granger).
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