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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.
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…
Is it likely to be in the President's budget request to Congress that there is some type of relief on the sustainable growth rate formula?
It is important that Members of Congress understand the parameters here. Indeed, we are required to buy our health insurance in the insurance exchanges as provided under the health care law. There are no insurance exchanges as they exist…
I thank the chairman. And I would address to the chairman: the gentleman who previously spoke must understand that this legislation was litigated in front of the American people for the last 2 years. They rendered their verdict, and the…
But, in fact, that was not true. Members of Congress are required now to be covered under the exchange. Their staffs are required to be covered under the exchange. But are there exemptions? Yes, committee staff and senior leadership staff…
You know, the fact is on those tax credits for small business, they are so confusing--and I hear this from my small businesses all the time back home--no one understands how to actually make those benefits work. And they are time limited…
I also want to stand in remembrance of Tom Vandergriff and his 55-year career in public service. Thirteen years it took him to bring major league baseball to Arlington, Texas, and he took the team from Washington, DC that was then known as…
I would just point out, in section 4002 of the recently passed health care law last March, there is a section that calls for a Public Health and Wellness Trust Fund. The Secretary of Health and Human Services has $15 billion in a slush…
Physical exams and blood tests are a primary means of diagnosing the disease, and all men should discuss this matter with their physicians to determine the best course for them, particularly men who are most at risk. Again, I want to thank…
Sound economies need stability, and this President has provided anything but.
WHERE ARE THE JOBS??? Companies aren't hiring at rates anywhere near where this Administration claimed they would be at this time.
An ill-advised and scientifically suspect drilling moratorium that is already seeing jobs shipped overseas.
We want clean air in our State. There's no argument about that. This does not increase the pollution burden in the State.
The stimulus is not working. Recent polling out suggests that fully 60 percent of the American People do not believe that the stimulus has worked.
The implications of that are startling and may well go far beyond the boundaries of where they exist today with the passage of this law. It may be a much more startling recession or receding of freedom than we have seen in this country…
I must say, it's humbling for a simple country doctor as I to come down here and talk constitutional issues with the great constitutional scholars of our time.
You know, it's really a shame we have this health care bill in front of us. We have provisions now for 17,000 new IRS agents but not one dollar for a new nurse or a new doctor. You know what, you'll have access, all right, but you may be…
And I think back to a year ago, my town halls, people were so frustrated with what they saw happening. They didn't know how bad it was going to get, but they were very frustrated with the direction they saw from this Congress and from this…
On behalf of the nearly 45,000 physician and medical student members of the Texas Medical Association--and on behalf of our 25 million patients--we are writing to express our opposition to the health reform bill (H.R. 3590) that will be…
Texans deserve affordable, high-quality health care, but not higher taxes, increased health insurance premiums and unprecedented mandates. We recognize the need for true health care reform that controls rising costs and ensures hardworking…
I do have to point out, Ranking Member Barton is exactly right. This SGR problem is not an emergency. Everyone in this body knew this was going to happen. What this signals us is perhaps the Democrats don't have the votes to pass their…
And I can be as critical of the insurance companies as anyone else, but they take the path of least resistance. Their capital is not necessarily any more courageous than anyone else's. The easiest way to get to what they want is an…
So we have two problems. The Constitution says we have to vote on the bill. We say the mandates may be extraconstitutional in their scope. And then the whole question of equal protection under the law.
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