By the Office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Ukraine Caucus (CUC) Co-Chairs Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), in addition to caucus member Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), on June 8 sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern regarding Russia’s efforts to circumvent… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican leaders this week expressed support for the 5G Upgrade Order, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider during its open meeting on June 9.
“During these unprecedented times, connectivity has remained a key component to supporting the economy, providing access to… Read more »
by Abby Livingston
For the last seven months or so, longtime U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess of Lewisville has run a quiet campaign to be the top Republican of a House committee that is so powerful that a past chairman kept an enormous photo of the Earth in the committee's offices to illustrate its jurisdiction.
Burgess is running to be the GOP leader of the House Energy and… Read more »
by Andy Langer
Texas congressman Michael C. Burgess says he remembers initially hearing about the novel coronavirus that would become classified as COVID-19 right around January 22, when China shut down public transportation in Wuhan and prohibited residents from leaving the city. Burgess—who represents Texas’s Twenty-sixth district, which includes the majority of Denton County and… Read more »
by Alex Samuels and Abby Livingston
The death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed Monday in Minneapolis police custody, was “horrific,” Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday.
Abbott, speaking during an interview with KPRC-TV, didn’t comment on the protests that have rocked Minneapolis since Floyd’s death. Over the last several days, protesters have expressed… Read more »
by Theodore Bunker
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, told Newsmax TV on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s call to heavily regulate social media like Twitter would be “problematic,” crediting a lack of regulation for the “rather robust free speech exposition” on the Internet.
The congressman said, “the president, no question about it, has used as the platform of Twitter… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) led almost 60 Republican members in urging the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to implement additional reforms that would expedite the royalty relief process for the U.S. energy sector and help protect jobs and businesses.
“We must ensure that when our country emerges from this pandemic, America will… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 33 of his Republican colleagues urged U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to consider providing federal funds to nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, senior living communities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities in a forthcoming COVID-19… Read more »
by Eric Sagonowsky
As the pandemic plays out, political divisions have unfolded around hydroxychloroquine and reopening economies, for starters.
At center stage last week was a House hearing over ousted Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Director Rick Bright’s whistleblower complaint. While the hearing spanned numerous subjects relating… Read more »
