A Doctor's Note
A Doctor's Note: This week in Washington April 17, 2021 Dear Friends, This week the House of Representatives focused on two pieces of legislation – H.R. 7 and H.R. 1195. I managed the Rule debate for Republicans on both bills Wednesday. This Week in Washington: Thursday from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate and House Democrats released a plan to expand the U.S. Supreme Court by four seats. The idea of fundamentally changing the highest court of the land has been tried before and failed. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the idea in ... More
A Doctor's Note
April 16th, 2021: A Doctor's Note on COVID-19 April 16, 2021 April 16th, 2021 Dear Friends, Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rel... More
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Rescinding 1115 Waiver extension only hurts patients April 16, 2021 Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), released the following statement after the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded Texas’ Section 1115 Medicaid waiver extension. “The Biden Administration is doing everything in its power to erase all that the Trump Administration did simply because of the name Trump,” said Burgess. “My office learned about this news late Friday afternoon with no warning and months after the Administration rescinded other states’ ... More
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Supreme Court Expansion is Political Theater April 15, 2021 Washington, D.C. –Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), released the following statement after Senate and House Democrats released a plan to e... More
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Burgess responds to H.R. 7 Vote April 15, 2021 Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), released the following statement after voting against H.R. 7 – the Paycheck Fairness ... More
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