by Ripon Advance News Service U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) recently called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a technology assessment of COVID-19 contact tracing applications. The lawmakers’ request would provide additional information to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republicans’ work in contact tracing and… Read more »

by Chris Cioffi And the winner is … democracy. Or, at least the offices of eight democratically elected members of Congress who demonstrate “that Congress can work.” The Congressional Management Foundation announced its “Democracy Award” winners this month for work on improving government transparency and fostering innovation on Capitol Hill. Those awards — which the foundation dubs the… Read more »

by George Cahlink When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in 2010, Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess was the ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. "We all became junior petroleum engineers in a pretty short period of time, but I was very much on the firing line when Ed Markey and Henry Waxman went after every petroleum… Read more »

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and several other stakeholders in the Medicare imaging space penned a letter to congressional leaders urging them to intercede in proposed cuts to Medicare rates paid for medical imaging procedures. The signers of the letter, a group that also includes the American College of Radiology, stated that the 2020 Medicare physician… Read more »

Congressman Burgess joins the Mark Davis Show on Oct. 7.  Read more »

by Ripon Advance News Service U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) recently proposed a bipartisan bill that would provide states with strategies to increase access to telehealth under the Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). “Amidst the pain and suffering that our nation has endured throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a major takeaway has been the advantage of… Read more »

by Marty Stempniak A physician and U.S. congressman has introduced bipartisan legislation to avert hundreds of millions in forthcoming cuts to radiology and other specialties. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, R-Texas, and cosponsor Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., are proposing to temporarily waive budget neutrality requirements for one year under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Absent such… Read more »

by Paul Cobler WASHINGTON — When Madhuri Mahesh Bedre received a call in late June that her 95-year-old father had suffered a heart attack in India, she knew she had to get to his bedside as soon as possible. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, international flights were limited and appointments were at a premium for Bedre, 56, to renew her passport at the Houston passport office near… Read more »

by The Fulcrum staff Four lawmakers from each party were honored Tuesday for being good members of Congress. But they were cited for behavior that has nothing to do with their ideologies, legislative skill or rhetorical flair. Instead, they were singled out for running decent modern workplaces and taking care of their constituents. The awards were the third annual set handed out by… Read more »

Rep. Burgess joins Fox's Maria Bartiromo to discuss President Trump and Coronavirus, the status of stimulus legislation and the Supreme Court nomination battle. Read more »