Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) is leading Republicans to protect Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) from being trafficked throughout our country by introducing H.R. 8490, the Protecting an Alien child’s Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking, or PARENT, Act of 2022. “My first trip to our southern border was in 2014 where I witnessed firsthand the horror of children being trafficked,” said Burgess. “Nearly a decade later, when I visited the border in June 2022, I learned from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) that UACs are being released to non-parent relatives ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) delivered the following remarks on H.R.4040,Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act. As Prepared for Delivery: Of the many lessons we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to provide care to patients who are safely in their own home, was truly a highlight. The convenience of telehealth has been enormously popular with patients and providers across the United States. Understanding that we will not be going back to the status quo, we must recognize how telehealth has allowed our country to take a monumental step forward... Read More »
Dear Friends, I started the weekend in the District by hosting my annual2022 Energy Efficiency Summit & Fair at the University of North Texas (UNT). There I got to check out the indoor Fuel-Efficient Auto Show and see the Ford F150 Lightning. It was great to have UNT's President, Neal Smatresk, join us and host us on campus grounds. It's always nice to visit my alma mater. We started off the week in session with a Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 8294, H.R. 8373 - Right to Contraception Act, and H.R. 8404 - Respect for Marriage Act. I proposed an amendment to H.R. 8294 that would prohibit fund... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX)delivered remarks on the House Floor during debate on H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act. As Prepared for Delivery: Serving as an OB/GYN in North Texas for almost three decades, I have personally prescribed contraceptives and seen the benefits they can have in the lives of the women who use them. I have and will continue to support a woman’s right to access contraception. This is another bill brought to the House floor outside of regular order. Instead of work with Republicans, the majority hastily put forward an incomplete prod... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sits down with Congresswoman Kat Cammack to discuss how her fight for life began in the womb. Fighting for Life Doctor in the House Listen to the full episode here. Cammack: "My mom was told she should abort me because when she was pregnant with my sister, they had told her that she would never be able to have children safely. In the days leading up to delivering my sister, in her late 20s, she suffered a terrible stroke. It took her about a year and a half to go through physical therapy and relearn basic motor skills. Then they to... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) led over 36 Republicans in offering amendments to prohibit funds being used to implement or enforce President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate executive orders. During yesterday’s House Rules Committee meeting, his simple, less than a page amendments to the first Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Act were blocked by Democrats from being considered on the House floor. “Vaccine mandates erode public trust and defeat the purpose of ensuring more vaccinations,” said Burgess. “A decision to receive a vaccine is a personal one and should ... Read More »
Dear Friends, Following the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, I delivered the following remarks during the Rule Debate on the House floor for H.R. 7900, NDAA; H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act; and H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. I stressed how my time as an OBGYN was a motivation to come to Congress. During debate, I remembered the words from the OBGYN department chairman at Parkland Hospital Southwestern Medical School. He pointed out to us that we were unique position to care for two patients with a combined life expectancy of over 100 years. Almost nowhere else... Read More »
By: Ian Hanchett | Brietbart News On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) said that the Biden administration sold oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to “a significant adversary” after everything China has done “with coronavirus, with fentanyl, with the theft of intellectual property from universities,” right before the major point in hurricane season. Burgess stated, “We’ve never had the type of congressional investigation into the origins of the coronavirus as we should. We all know, everyone will talk about how dangerous fentanyl ... Read More »
By: Stephen Barlas, Contributing Editor, Washington, D.C. Some key decisions about federal pipeline regulation are coming to a head as the comment period for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) two draft policy statements closed and the Senate decides whether to renew Richard Glick’s chairmanship at FERC. President Joe Biden announced May 20 that he wants to reappoint Glick, who has led agency efforts to adopt the two draft statements that, for the most part, are strongly opposed by interstate pipeline companies as exceeding current federal law. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), chair... Read More »
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX),joined Fox Business’ “The Evening Edit” with host Elizabeth MacDonald to discuss the administration releasing millions of barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Chinese Communist Party. Missing pieces: "Everyone will talk about how dangerous fentanyl is coming across our southern border. Where is it manufactured? It's manufactured in of China.It comes to this country illicitly across the southern border. Then here's the tragic and heartbreaking part about all of this, in the midst of everything that we know, the Biden ... Read More »
