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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.

May 24, 2021

It just makes you ask the question of, why would a new regulation be necessary for enhanced oil recovery if the EPA is adequately protecting ground water near oil recovery activity?

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May 19, 2021

Madam Speaker, the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the country. The pandemic has taken a terrible toll on Congress. In its current state, Congress is not working. We have restrictions on the voting process, we have widespread proxy…

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May 18, 2021

We should get ahead of that transition.

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May 18, 2021

I have introduced a bill to reduce the expensive and burdensome permitting processes for new and advanced reactors.

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May 18, 2021

it appears to me that this administration is willing to make sacrificial lambs out of coal miners, pipeliners, gas workers, just to fit his political and liberal ideology.

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May 18, 2021

the environmental streamlining, the waivers, the NEPA waivers, all of that is going to be an important part, to be sure, of a clean energy plan.

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May 18, 2021

we have already disadvantaged the citizens of the United States by not completing the last 100 yards of the Keystone pipeline.

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May 18, 2021

I just hope that you, as the Secretary of Energy, will commit to providing this committee with those appropriate reports in a timely fashion.

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May 18, 2021

I would just--you know, I would love to see the argument how this waiver would benefit--seemingly, to me, it benefits only Vladimir Putin.

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May 18, 2021

To maintain our competitiveness in the global nuclear arena, we must continue to pursue advanced reactor development.

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May 18, 2021

if this is the administration's definition of environmental justice, you are ignoring reality.

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