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Burgess, Davis, Carter Introduce the Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act which would allow State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive and coordinated care to patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) through a health home model.  "While…

Burgess Votes To Impeach Secretary Mayorkas

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, released the following statement after voting to adopt H. Res. 863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. "Secretary Mayorkas has not only…

Burgess Manages Rule Debate

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, delivered the following remarks while managing the RuleDebate for consideration of H. Res. 863 and H.R. 485.  As prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule and underlying bills H. Res. 863, Impeaching…

Burgess Manages Rule Debate

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, delivered the following remarks while managing the Rule Debate for H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679, and H.R. 6976.  As prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule and underlying bills. Today, we are here to address an ongoing crisis.…

Burgess Votes to Ensure U.S. Military Strength and Security

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, released the following statement after voting in support of Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. “At a time of such unrest in the world, America’s…

Burgess Votes to Continue Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, released the following statement after voting in support of H. Res. 918 - Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into…

Congressman Burgess Announces the 2023 CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE Winner

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Chairman of the House Budget Committee's Health Care Task Force, is pleased to announce the winning submission for the 2023 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The annual app competition was open to private, public and home-schooled students in middle and high school who…

Burgess, Allred, Dunn, Crow Introduce Veterans Health Care Stamp Act

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, was joined by Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), and Jason Crow (D-CO) to re-introduce the Veterans Health Care Stamp Act. This legislation will direct the United States Postal Service to issue…

Burgess Votes to Protect Our Ally

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 6126: Israeli Security Appropriations Act of 2024. “It is devastating to watch the barbaric attacks on Israel from Hamas,” said Burgess. “I…

Burgess Applauds House Passage of Individual Appropriation Bills

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Task Force, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed two additional individual appropriation bills: H.R. 4821 - Interior and Environment Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024 and H.R.…