U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. 26th District of Texas


  • Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA)
    Jun 7, 2007  - A major concern I have regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is its continuance of the Community Health Aide/Practitioner (CHAP) created by the Alaska Dental Health Aide Program. Understanding that in frontier and rural areas it can be difficult to staff clinics with full-time dentists, I... More
  • Discussion Drafts on Alternative Fuels, Infrastructure and Vehicles
    Jun 7, 2007  - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd also like to thank you for your willingness to work with the minority as we craft energy independence legislation. I'm pleased to see language in the draft covering a provision that I've been working on that would help to incentivize biodiesel. Reliance on fo... More
  • Floor Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell
    Jun 7, 2007  - Video I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the speed of scientific investigation certainly exceeds that of the legislative process. Medical research, especially in the field of regenerative medicine, holds great promise. It’s our responsibility to strike an appropriate balance ... More
  • Legislation to Improve Consumer Product Safety for Children
    Jun 6, 2007  -   As a parent, physician, and Congressman, I firmly believe that our children’s safety and security should be the highest of priorities.  Throughout my twenty years of practice, delivering roughly three thousand babies in North Texas, I can tell you that before I placed a baby in the parents’ arms,... More
  • Three Bills Target Solutions to an Emerging Health Care Crisis
    Jun 6, 2007  -   Three Bills Target Solutions to an Emerging Health Care Crisis Today, U.S. Congressmen Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) introduced legislation to bring a halt to the impending physician workforce crisis. In recent years, the number of students going into medicine has dwindled as high insu... More
  • Health Care Physician Crisis
    Jun 5, 2007  - The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 18, 2007, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) for 11 minutes?    Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor tonight for what time is left to us to talk a little bit about health care.... More
  • The Cure to the Physician Crisis
    Jun 4, 2007  -  U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) Vice Chairman, Republican Policy Committee Video prologue from The Hill's Congress Blog If your concern about the status of healthcare in this country only extends to the 2008 election, please turn to another part of this newspaper. If... More
  • The June Burgess Bulletin
    Jun 1, 2007  -   NEWS Burgess Statement on Immigration Deal “I find it earth shattering that the Senate would design legislation, behind closed doors, without input, and then plan to force it through both Houses of Congress. “This issue is of critical importance to all Americans, and certainly, t... More
  • Burgess on Letter to Secretary Rice Concerning Passports
    May 31, 2007  - As you are probably aware, the United States Department of State has been experiencing record backlogs in processing passports for constituents who are traveling by air to destinations in the Western Hemisphere. I have been working with several of my fellow Texas colleagues who are experiencing simi... More
  • Signing of the Iraq Supplemental
    May 25, 2007  - Signing of the Iraq Supplemental the following statement was made by Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) concerning the passage of H.R. 2206, the fiscal 2007 war supplemental: The passage of the Iraq Supplemental was a moment that the world watched closely. The original Democratic Leaders... More