Now is not the time to eliminate a proven harm reduction and overdose prevention strategy.
Michael Burgess
The Public Record
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.
But, I mean, if you have ever been down to the Texas-Mexico border, particularly that sector in the lower Rio Grande Valley, it is very, very difficult to provide those--that interdiction.
I have worked with your predecessor, James Carroll, while we--in two Congresses ago, when we worked on the SUPPORT Act.
Well, hiding behind Section 230, all of you have denied that there is any bias or inequitable handling of content on your platforms.
But what I have heard today is that there will be some constable, and I am not sure that we will have success in moving forward.
I think we are seeing a lot of the problems that you are frustrated with as a result of parents and families, churches, schools, that aren't taking the primary responsibility.
Algorithms don't write themselves. We write them to do what we want them to do.
I do think we need to revisit Section 230 in the terms of, have you now become actual publishers as opposed to simply carriers of information?
The American people really are tired of you abusing your rights, abandoning their values.
72 percent of the public thinks it is likely that social media platforms actively censor political views that Big Tech companies find objectionable.





