Rep. Burgess joins Fox and Friends First to discuss Texas' and Florida's new restrictions as COVID-19 infections hit another daily record. Read more »

Rep. Burgess speaks with Cuomo about COVID-19. Read more »

by John Eggerton House Republicans have fleshed out their framework for closing the digital divide with more than two dozen broadband bills, including ones speeding cable franchising decisions, zoning decisions, and making it easier to deploy infrastructure on federal lands.  D.C. is putting on a full court press to get folks connected, including wireless deployment streamlining… Read more »

Dr. Michael Burgess, U.S. Representative for the 26th district of Texas, joins Tony Perkins to discuss today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic. Listen to the interview here.  Read more »

by Ripon Advance U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on June 18 introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide an additional $210 million for quality and infection control support for skilled nursing facilities. “Today’s bipartisan bill will provide the necessary support our nursing homes need to provide a safe environment for both residents and caregivers,” the congressman said. Rep.… Read more »

by Jack Fink DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With Covid-19 cases rising in Dallas County, Judge Clay Jenkins said Wednesday, he and Mayor Eric Johnson have asked the Trump administration to reconsider the decision to end federal funding for its community testing sites after June 30 and instead, to extend it, as it has done before. “We really can’t afford to lose any of our resources right… Read more »

Congressman Burgess discusses the Governor Abbott and President Trump's response to the Coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

by James Bikales The House’s venture in remote committee work during the coronavirus pandemic hit a bump Wednesday as technical issues rendered three committee hearings unintelligible to streaming viewers and forced one into recess. GOP lawmakers seized on the tech problems, arguing they illustrated a need to return to in-person work at the Capitol. The YouTube live streams of… Read more »

by Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess, R-Pilot Point, was back home in Texas this week and gave a virtual interview with the Denton Record-Chronicle about the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday morning. Below are his answers to our questions as well as his thoughts about the pandemic's problems yet to be solved, edited for clarity and condensed. In addition, here… Read more »

by Gromer Jeffers Jr. With little social distancing and very few people wearing masks, President Donald Trump’s Dallas roundtable bore little evidence that the nation is grappling with a coronavirus pandemic. Several hundred people gathered at Gateway Church’s Dallas campus for the event. Many sat next to each other, though most others were one seat apart. Very few in the crowd were… Read more »