Pete Sessions: “I thank the gentleman, Brother Weber, for you bringing tonight this conversation that Members of Congress on a…”

“I thank the gentleman, Brother Weber, for you bringing tonight this conversation that Members of Congress on a bipartisan basis can have about the gentleman from Texas, Michael Burgess. I am one of a few Members that remember well when he was running for Congress in a contested primary. I listened to Dr. Burgess on the radio before I had met Mike, and he was very clear and professional and straightforward about his idea of not only the rules that Congress should exist under, but also the American people. They should be able to count on Members of Congress who would come and do what they said they would do and work hard and do their best every day. Michael Burgess became not just a standard operating procedure in the Energy and Commerce Committee for understanding healthcare and commerce and certainly the things that happen in this country, he became a stalwart for understanding the debate of leading America to understand what good healthcare would mean; how rules and regulations should be in their best interest; and how a market-based product, not just in healthcare, but what consumers would expect would be a part of that. Knowing Mike, in 2013, I asked Mike to come and join the Rules Committee. We had changed up a little bit at that time. I became chairman of the Rules Committee and knew that we needed experts from across the Congress.…”