Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined Brian Sullivan last night on CNBC's Last Call to discuss yesterday's House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Chew. Highlights here: Dodge Questions: "Well, I don’t think he actually answered my question and look there’s no, there’s no shame in having someone h... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights. “The Parents Bill of Rights affirms the fundamental rights of parents to be informed and involved in their child's education,” said Burgess. “Parents must have access to important information such... Read More »

By: Neil Munro | Breitbart News GOP Texas Rep. Michael Burgess has drafted a bill to help his fellow GOP legislators vote against President Joe Biden’s shocking transfer of indebted foreign teenagers into low-wage jobs throughout the United States. “Our immigration system … has become astonishingly cruel because of the open-border policies of the Biden administration,” Burgess told Breitbart News,... Read More »

By: Sandhya Raman & Ariel Cohen | Roll Call News A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, could exacerbate an already looming national shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists, experts say. Medical students say that given the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organiza... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined Fox Business' The Evening Edit to discuss the origins of the Coronavirus pandemic and the actions of the Chinese Communist Party in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Highlights: President Biden has the power to declassify the origins of COVID: "The President could declassify these do... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Congressman Gregory F. Murphy, M.D. (R-NC), and Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) seek to raise awareness for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) by introducing a resolution for “Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month.” “DVT impa... Read More »

By: Samantha Flom | The Epoch Times Legislative efforts to enable Americans to sue the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the COVID-19 pandemic have been renewed on Capitol Hill by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Under legislation the congressmen introduced on March 10, the Chinese communist regime could be held legally liable for misrepresenting “the seriousness and natu... Read More »

By: Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and and Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) unveiled a bill last week that would give Americans the right to sue the Chinese Communist Party for damages after it allowed the coronavirus to spread around the world. “With people finally recognizing that COVID-19 more than likely came from the Wuhan lab — something I raised from the very beginning — ... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – After reports from the New York Times and Washington Post about migrant children being used to abuse child labor laws, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, drafted an op-ed about how the crisis at the southern border was a lesson on how to take a bad problem and make it worse. "The Biden Administration Owns the Human Tragedy at... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement after voting in support of S.619, the COVID-19 Origins Act of 2023. “It is important that we have a clear understanding of the origins of COVID-19,” said Burgess. “There is no acceptable reason why Congress has not already received answers. It has been nearly... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement after President Biden sent his Fiscal Year 2024 budget request to Congress. “Every American is keenly aware of the litany of crises that President Biden has created since he entered office. They feel the pain at the pump, in the grocery checkout line, and the... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Once again, House Republicans are fighting against the overreach of the bureaucratic state by passing H.R. 140 to prevent agencies from colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans’ free speech. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement after voting in support of the legislation. “Our First Amendment ... Read More »

By: Mike Lillis | Fox 56 The coming battles over the nation’s safety-net programs are beginning with an early clash over a thorny question of semantics: What constitutes a cut? In the eyes of many Democrats, any change to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security that erodes benefits provided under current law would be considered a cut — and therefore stands as a nonstarter with liberals as Congress s... Read More »

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, drafted the below op-ed in support of H.R. 977, the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s ban on new physician owned hospitals. A Prescription to Reform our Health Care System By Congressman M... Read More »

Dear Friends, My week started off with managing the Rule Debate for H.J. Res. 30 and H.R. 347. H.J Res. 30 would nullify a Department of Labor rule concerning the fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans. H.R. 347, the REIN IN Act would mandate that the Biden Administration undertake and produce a report for any major executive order issued that would detail the inflationary impact ... Read More »