Michael Burgess

I encourage other people to do the same.

I would like to at least remove the word affordable from the title.

How can we be sure you are not double counting those individuals?

I guess that is overall what the concern here is of the committee today, and I think the reason that Representative Noem brought the legislation forward.

If we are concerned about asthma, we would fix that.

I would submit that the volume of CFC that is released into the atmosphere from the contingent of asthma patients that uses an occasional rescue inhaler that they buy at 2:00 in the morning is vanishingly small and not responsible for the…

I favor renewables. I've got a solar manufacturing company in my district.

I think it is important here to--when Secretary Zients, former Secretary Zients from the Department of Energy was here, one of the very last things we asked him was, would you make available members of your staff, to our staff, to be able…

The Waxman-Markey bill that was debated and passed through this committee and then passed through the floor of the House in June of 2009 contained in it a provision for providing credits, payments to companies that would sell carbon…

Ironically, I am way on the left to you, but, to me, I am way on the right.

If I had my way, I would ban tobacco and alcohol as well as high fructose corn syrup.

I am not seeing the results. I am not seeing the activity.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people would say your modification results in a ban.

Would we be better focusing our efforts in a time of limited budgets, should we try to fix that problem first before we go into this direction?

Your only option for nutrition is a convenience store. And not being derogatory to convenience stores--I use them all the time myself.

It puts the responsibility of parents in a free society are even higher than if the government exerts complete control.

Thank you, and I appreciate the opportunity. I appreciate you all staying with us for so long.

I believe the best thing the federal government can do is get out of the way of businesses and let them create jobs.

The Federal Reserve has done a great deal in the last three years to fix this problem.

I know, Dr. Burgess, you would appreciate this--by identifying high-risk mothers and giving them the capacity to be monitored on a regular basis and pushing that data to you.

Unfortunately, his signature legislation coupled with the Food and Drug Administration's confusing and somewhat disjointed approval process has instead encouraged the off-shoring of business and brought medical discoveries to a halt.

However, the long and arduous process that is frequently ambiguous adversely affects everyone, including those patients who desperately need the device.

As we customize medicine, it is imperative that the Food and Drug Administration have the ability to thoroughly examine these devices in a timely manner.

I am not just happy but I am thrilled to be here today.

Loan guarantees need to be thoroughly vetted, but if a mistake is made, a fraud happens, we can't simply turn and run away.