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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.

Feb 26, 2021

Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, in closing, it doesn't look like this bill is going to open our economy. It is not going to open our schools. It is not going to provide…

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Feb 26, 2021

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 205, not…

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Feb 22, 2021

I find that to be very alarming. And, in fact, I find it to be despicable.

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Feb 22, 2021

the last thing we need right now, is for them to be bullying the pharmacies, like they so often do.

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Feb 22, 2021

As I said in my opening remarks, I think the biggest gain we've seen as we've now moved to almost 9, 10 million doses a week has been, really, the incredible advances of the highly skilled personnel who are operating each step of that…

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Feb 17, 2021

I do an energy efficiency summit every non-COVID year in my district, and I find it to be very well attended.

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Feb 17, 2021

It is possible to build a net-zero electricity grid that is as reliable as the grid we have today.

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Feb 17, 2021

Energy efficiency sometimes just kind of gets pushed to the side. But it is one of the most readily available to the end energy consumer.

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Feb 17, 2021

Let me remind my colleagues that America leads the world in reducing its carbon emissions and that the 2006 Waxman-Markey climate bill would have produced worse results for the environment than the results produced by the free market.

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Feb 17, 2021

Unfortunately, President Biden's early actions, such as canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, and prohibiting new energy production on Federal lands, signal a desire to go in the opposite direction.

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Feb 17, 2021

Americans are rightfully angry. Texans are rightfully angry and deserve answers.

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