Michael Burgess

Stop telling us it is not workable, and start helping us with a practical solution.

So 53 Americans are no longer here because the Food and Drug Administration refused to use their statutory authority to enforce existing regulations.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following new section: Sec. __. None of the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 30, line 6, strike the colon and all that follows through ``activities'' on line 11. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Burgess

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 30, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $48,000,000)''. Page 60, line 12, after the dollar amount…

May I inquire from the other side as to whether or not they have additional speakers?

Again, just a bit of a history lesson. In 2007, Democratically-controlled House, Democratically-controlled Senate passed the student loan rates. They built into the law an expiration date of last July. Last July, a 1-year extension was…

One of the largest threats facing our nation today is that of cyber-security and espionage from a variety of sources.

Individuals, of course, have limited liability; if our credit card numbers are stolen by a bad actor or a criminal, there is a limit to the amount that that fraudulent transfer can be.

I hope they will look at this evidence as how the program is working to improve health outcomes for millions of Americans.

My experience with CMMI has not been that great. It seems to be a bureaucracy that not even a bureaucrat could love.

I voted against it both times.

Well, then, the Federal Government is going to have to find the money, if they are going to go down that road.

Medicaid low reimbursement actually creates increased barriers to care, limiting beneficiaries' access to services because Medicaid pays less for comparable service than private insurers or, in some instances, even Medicare itself.

This was odd the way this happened at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time on July the 2nd.

I strongly encourage everyone on this committee to cosponsor, support, and pass H.R. 1428 during the 113th Congress.

I challenge every member on this committee to support the bipartisan H.R. 1428 to correct this irrational and arbitrary policy.

However, the government's protection of its investment arbitrarily ceases after 36 months, when Medicare suddenly refuses to pay for the life-sustaining immunosuppressant drug coverage needed to keep a transplanted kidney alive and…

So there is no question the part B drug coverage has improved the lives of patients.

Zeke Emanuel, one of the principal architects of the Affordable Care Act... said that he wanted doctors to work for a hospital or a health plan or the government.

The Affordable Care Act is going to put some pressure on practices of all sorts to consolidate.

We have got a representative from the Congressional Research Service here. We appreciate him being here.

We should undertake an open-minded review of the current benefit design in Medicare and ways to reform it in a way that reflects the needs and expectations of today's seniors.