Michael Burgess

I think it was another physician who pointed out to me that you know the kids just starting to drive is the one who needs to the antilock brakes.

I do want to thank all of you. This has been a fascinating discussion.

Every time I back out of my driveway and the little backup camera comes on... I have also learned, since having one of those backup cameras on my car, that every now and then I have got to get out and squeegee the little sensor or the…

As Dean Kamen reminded all of us at our last Disrupter Series hearing: we cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I think NHTSA's recent guidance is well meaning. But I do worry greatly about its implementation.

But the sooner we can safely get them to market--the sooner we start saving lives.

We cannot afford to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

We cannot let the government paralyze the very innovation that promises to make us safer.

The sooner we can safely get them to market, the sooner we can start saving lives.

Self-driving cars promise to be the most significant automobile-related safety development in our lifetimes.

Those are the lives that I think could be saved.

We ignore the consumer at our own peril both as a legislative body, sort of the regulators that were on the panel before, and you of course as the manufacturers and people who are supplying consumers what they want to buy.

We need to think carefully before providing further needless flexibility that allows for even lower fuel efficiency than an automaker would otherwise need to achieve.

What I don't want to see is Government regulations and overly prescriptive mandates taking away consumer choice and putting a real hurt on the family budget.

I feel equally as strongly that Government should not be in the business of telling consumers what they can and cannot purchase.

I believe so strongly in the power of efficiency, in fact, that I hold an annual Energy Efficiency Summit in my district every July.

At a time of persistent economic uncertainty facing hardworking American families, we have a responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.

I am deeply concerned that the planned fuel economy standards for future model years will significantly stall that progress and dramatically reduce consumer choice.

What I don't want to see is the Government regulations and overly prescriptive mandates taking away consumer choice and putting the big hurt on the family budget.

I have introduced H.R. 4504, the Energy Efficiency Free Market Act, to repeal the Department of Energy's authority to mandate efficiency standards for all consumer products.

The Government should not be in the business of telling consumers what they can use and what they cannot purchase.

I believe in fuel efficiency, I believe in energy independence, but I also believe in policy that is based upon the real world.

I have serious concerns about the real-world impact that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's standards... will have on vehicles on our economy.

Good morning and welcome to our hearing examining advanced robotics--technology that has made its way into the U.S. economy in a variety of sectors.

It is 2016, and so many people my age will, of course, remember the cartoon 'The Jetsons' and coming home to Rosie the Robot.