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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 24, 2019

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), a valued member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Jul 24, 2019

People need to know that when their hospital calls it is their hospital and not someone spoofing their hospital's number.

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Jul 24, 2019

We need to make sure we are not hurting people in the process.

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Jul 24, 2019

A country that used to be entirely dependent upon the former Soviet Union for their energy now have another source for that, and that would be the more friendly United States of America.

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Jul 24, 2019

I am prepared to close. I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, robocalls have moved beyond a simple nuisance. Sophisticated actors are now using robocalls to trick people into providing sensitive information by posing as…

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Jul 24, 2019

I thank Mrs. Torres for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, today we are considering two bills that will never become law. They are not going to be taken up by the Senate. If…

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Jul 24, 2019

In closing, Mr. Speaker, both bills under consideration as part of this rule provide Band-Aids to what are much more systemic problems. We simply cannot keep placing Band-Aids on open wounds. Republicans agree that there is a multiemployer…

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Jul 24, 2019

I just--I don't know if people recognize what an extraordinary accomplishment it was for Jaime Herrera Butler to get that stand-alone maternal mortality bill through and signed in the last Congress.

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Jul 24, 2019

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).

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Jul 24, 2019

I probably need to study the issue again. But in the Budget Act of 2015 the concept was that hospitals were acquiring medical practices and the reimbursement from CMS to the hospitals was three times what the individual doctors had been…

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Jul 24, 2019

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Brooks), a valuable member of the committee.

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Jul 24, 2019

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 234, nays 195, not voting 3, as follows: [Roll No. 501]…

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