by Rebecca Downs | Townhall On Thursday, House GOP Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) joined the GOP Doctors Caucus for a press conference. The lawmakers discussed the urgency of getting to the bottom of the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus. Scalise and Stefanik demanded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hold hearings to investigate these origins. The select committee on the Wuhan coronavirus is holding a hearing next Tuesday, though Sca... Read more

By donalddosman | Texas News Today House Republicans called on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to hold a hearing to investigate the origin of the coronavirus on Thursday, and at a press conference the Democrats will not, so hold their own hearing on this topic. He said he was planning to open it. House Minority Whip Steve Scallis, R-La. Is RN.Y, Elise Stefanik, Chairman of the House Republican Conference. Announced at a press conference with members of the Republican Caucus. Republicans have s... Read more

By Ripton Advance News Service U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on June 17 sponsored legislation that would make it unlawful to send a demand letter in bad faith for a patent relating to COVID-19 related products. The Vaccine Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act, H.R. 3978, would help “protect intellectual property and innovation, especially during a global pandemic when resources and medical developments are critical,” Rep. Burgess said. “We are seeing the signs of recovery from this p... Read more

By Ripon Advance News Service U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) led several of his Republican colleagues from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in proposing the SELF DRIVE Act in order to advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles. Rep. Latta on June 4 sponsored H.R. 3711, the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act. Latta was joined by nine original cosponsors, including U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Fred Upton (R-MI), Michael Burgess... Read more

By Dan Goldberg and Alice Miranda Ollstein The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden’s goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach the unvaccinated in areas still vulnerable to virus outbreaks. All but one of the 39 congressional districts where at least 60 percent of residents have received a coronavirus shot are represented by Democrats, according to a Harvard Univer... Read more

A group of Republicans on Monday demanded that Homeland Security begin to test illegal immigrants caught jumping the U.S.-Mexico border for the coronavirus or, better yet, be prevented from entering in the first place. Led by Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, nearly two dozen GOP lawmakers said the illegal immigrants are being crowded into processing facilities, making it “a guaranteed super spreader event.” “At the very least, all individuals encountered along our southern border must be ... Read more

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 18 offered bipartisan legislation to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program, which would award loan repayment agreements to public health professionals in efforts to recruit a qualified workforce and end shortages across local, state, and tribal public health agencies. “This past year, the nation watched our public health workforce go above and beyond to defeat this coronavirus,” Rep. Burgess said on Tuesday. “It is still critical as ... Read more

A group of Republicans on Monday demanded that Homeland Security begin to test illegal immigrants caught jumping the U.S.-Mexico border for the coronavirus or, better yet, be prevented from entering in the first place. Led by Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, nearly two dozen GOP lawmakers said the illegal immigrants are being crowded into processing facilities, making it “a guaranteed super spreader event.” “At the very least, all individuals encountered along our southern border must be ... Read more

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents who promised to end the bitter division in American politics. The first President Bush offered a “kinder, gentler” politics. He was fired after one term. Bill Clinton called himself a “New Democrat” and embraced a “third way” alternative to both liberalism and conservatism. He got impeached. George W. Bush called himself “a uniter, not a divider.” The country did unite after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. It lasted one year, until the... Read more

by Ripon Advance News Service U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Dec. 10 proposed a bipartisan bill to modernize a federal incentive program for manufacturing clean, environmentally friendly aviation technology. “This legislation will help foster electric vehicle startups, including electric airplanes, by providing them the resources they need to get off the ground,” Sen. Burgess said. “I hope others will join in supporting this bipartisan cause. Ultimately, it is the... Read more