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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.
I would just say, Members, you know your districts. Some of you do have food deserts, whether you be in rural or urban areas. This is important. We want people to spend those food stamp dollars wisely. This gives them an opportunity to do…
Yes, I am guilty as charged but at the same time, the primary role, my role defined in the Constitution is the defense of my Nation.
I am not sure I agree with that, but we live in a world where levonorgestrel now is available over-the-counter with the Tootsie Rolls and Snickers bars.
It boils down to this: right now, you can go to a publication; you could go on the internet and buy a controlled substance by pointing and clicking at two things.
We really need a broad-based, comprehensive strategy that is focused on going after the bad actors.
So we have got a plenty big problem. The good news is there is plenty we can do about it.
Now, the fact of the matter is that we lose more people in this country to the drug overdoses than we do to automobile accidents.
The United States should be the leader in developing that technology, and indeed, we should be exporters of that technology to other places in the world.
Will you help us by taking a close look at the Department's and the National Nuclear Security Agency's current activity regarding export controls to ensure the process continues to work for the benefit of the United States?
So as a committee, can we look forward to you working with us to explore and examine ways to increase the United States' competitiveness in the nuclear trade?
If we could even bend the cost curve just a little bit with preventive care, that ounce of prevention, that is a hell of a pound of cure.
Governors are scared to death about what is going to happen by taking on this obligation.
The federal government has proven itself to be an absolutely unreliable fiscal partner when it comes to health care.
Mr. Chairman, I shouldn't do this, but I actually want to recognize Dr. John O'Shea, who is here in the audience.
And just as a practical matter, you think that is something that should be included in whatever follows on from SGR?
Yes, in many ways, if the SGR could not be reformed, if we didn't have the favorable CBO score winds at our back, it has always seemed to me that Medicare Advantage may offer a way forward on whatever happens with SGR down the road.
I always use the example of Muleshoe, Texas, literally a one-stoplight town with one GP, and it is hard for him to be an ACO.
I think that could be most effective in moving us in a direction so that we get the results we want.
We are goal-directed individuals as physicians. We always go to work to do our best job.
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