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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.

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Jul 7, 2015

I urge support of the amendment. It is clear that this program does need the scrutiny of the authorizing committee. We are prepared to do that if this amendment passes. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is…

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Jul 7, 2015

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available…

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Jun 24, 2015

Again, I will just remind the House that what is under consideration is a rule resolution, H. Res. 333, for consideration of the appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior and H.R. 2042 to allow for judicial review of any final…

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Jun 24, 2015

Thank you. I am encouraged by that. I want to thank all of our witnesses and our members today, as this has been a very instructive panel.

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Jun 24, 2015

Given the life-saving benefits alone, I am eager to see this technology take shape and support our country's efforts...

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Jun 24, 2015

I want to welcome everyone to our hearing today as we take an opportunity to discuss vehicle-to-vehicle communications...

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Jun 24, 2015

Given the life-saving benefits alone, I am very anxious to see if this technology takes shape.

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Jun 24, 2015

Vehicle to vehicle communications technology is a manifestation of that digital phenomenon.

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Jun 23, 2015

We ought to be for patients before we are for the bureaucracy.

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Jun 23, 2015

I am grateful you are here with us today.

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Jun 23, 2015

Our Governors are the ones who actually have the responsibility of the deliverable for their citizens.

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Jun 23, 2015

I request unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter by my attorney general in Texas, Ken Paxton.

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Jun 23, 2015

This is the sine qua non of President Obama's legacy is the expansion of Medicaid.

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Jun 23, 2015

Conserving State flexibility within Medicaid allows States to structure their programs in a way that best meets their population's needs.

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Jun 17, 2015

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis), a valued member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Jun 15, 2015

But I just got to tell you as someone who has suffered with asthma his entire life, the withdrawal of an over-the-counter remedy for an acute asthma attack has been more injurious than anything else that I have seen in some time.

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Jun 15, 2015

I have serious reservations about the science and analysis utilized by the EPA to support this proposed rule.

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Jun 15, 2015

The EPA's proposal to further reduce the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone represents one of the most costly regulations the agency has ever attempted to impose on the U.S. economy.

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Jun 15, 2015

I have reservations about the science and the analysis utilized by the Environmental Protection Agency to support the proposed rule and whether it would be effective.

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Jun 15, 2015

This type of regulatory overreach may be injurious to America's families and jobs.

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Jun 15, 2015

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to further reduce the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone represents perhaps one of the most costly regulations the agency has ever imposed upon the United States' economy.

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Jun 15, 2015

This type of regulatory overreach is unsustainable for American jobs and families.

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Jun 11, 2015

Our management principles say that we will only succeed by continuous improvement.

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Jun 1, 2015

So here we have it here, three very basic steps, don't pay the dead people, don't pay people twice, and, hey, if Aetna, United, Cigna is supposed to be paying the bill, you get them to pay first, before the state reimburses on their…

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Jun 1, 2015

Why wouldn't you fix some of these problems before you undertook to expand a program that, if I understand correctly, Mr. Bagdoyan, it was already on a watch list in 2008, and certainly on a watch list in 2009, when the law was written in…

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