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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.
We are coming up, in 2 short weeks' time, on the 1-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, affectionately known as ObamaCare. Mr. Speaker, what has that year wrought? Many of us will remember the…
I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the American Farm Bureau Federation urging support of this legislation. I would also like to point out that this legislation enjoyed unanimous support from both the Republican and…
Again, Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank Chairman Upton and Chairman Pitts and Ranking Members Waxman and Pallone for their work in passing this bill so quickly through the subcommittee and the full committee. I also want to thank Mr…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 525, the Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011, would take important steps to increase the number of public health veterinarians. Food animal veterinarians have a vital…
Again, I urge support for the legislation and for the passage of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) that the House…
Just before we left on break, Francis Collins came and talked to a small group of us at the Health Caucus one morning. Francis Collins, of course Dr. Collins, is the director of the National Institutes of Health and the lead of the human…
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: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…
What the gentlelady asserts may or may not be true. The fact is we don't know. We never authorized this agency. In a 2,700 page bill, passed in the dead of night on March 23, no authorization for this agency existed, but curiously enough…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. As was so eloquently put forward by Mr. Rehberg, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations just a moment ago, this is a temporary limiting amendment on the…
May I inquire as to the remaining time? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 30 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 1 minute remaining.
I yield myself the balance of my time. We are hearing a lot about $3.25 billion that was sent to Texas under the stimulus/ARRA funds in 2010-2011. This money was actually appropriated by the Texas State legislature--Texas Senate: 29 ayes…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, seeing the gentleman from California down on the floor reminds me: When this bill passed, the Congressional Budget Office told us there would be $142 billion in savings over 10 years; but…
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