By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 22, 2021 at 5:00am
The Dallas suburbs of Rep. Michael C. Burgess’ congressional district gained nearly 200,000 residents over the past decade. For the Texas Republican, that has meant more calls from people seeking his help on everything from unemployment benefits and passport applications to obtaining service medals for… Read more »
James Osborne | Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON - House Democrats and Republicans clashed Monday over a proposed fee on methane emissions that could cost the natural gas industry in Texas and other states billions of dollars a year.
Within their $3.5 trillion budget legislation, Democrats laid out plans to charge oil and natural gas producers $1,500 per ton of methane… Read more »
by Drew Powell | Wednesday, September 1st 2021
AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Exploring new methods of how to market the oil and gas industry to the public is at the forefront of this year’s Panhandle Producers Royalty Owners Association convention in Amarillo.
“Oil and gas has a bad rap for no reason," said Judy Stark, President of the PPROA.
There’s a negative stigma… Read more »
by Chris Galford | Homeland Preparedness News
This week yielded multiple attempts from Republican legislators to crack down on what they see as massive health concerns at the United States-Mexico border, urging COVID-19 tests for migrants, a field hearing on illegal immigration and border health protections, and increased support for immigration enforcement.
The GOP Doctors… Read more »
By The Fort Stockton Pioneer
Congressmen Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) led eight members of the Texas Delegation in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. The members expressed concern for the Administration’s practice of catch-and-release for the thousands of migrants unlawfully crossing our southern border and… Read more »
Madeline Leesman | Townhall
As the COVID-19 delta variant spreads, several members of the GOP Doctors Caucus penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging the department to implement COVID-19 testing for migrants before granting them access into the United States.
The letter, which was addressed to Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the DHS, was… Read more »
By Donald Dosman | Texas News Today | Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The Biden administration has expanded its policies during the Trump era, allowing illegal immigrants to move away at the border to stop the spread of COVID-19. On Monday, the CDC announced that the so-called Title 42 policy would remain in force until the health threats from non-citizens were eliminated.
This is after… Read more »
By Douglas Clark | Financial Regulation News | Thursday, July 22, 2021
U.S. Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Michael C. Burgess (R-TX), Rick Allen (R-GA), and Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced Tuesday the Association Health Plans Act of 2021, which would expand small business healthcare options while lowering costs via association health plans (AHPs).
The legislation seeks to amend the Employee… Read more »
By James Osborne | Houston Chronicle | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of Texas congressmen and senators are calling on the Biden administration to pressure Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to back off efforts to roll back energy reforms that opened Mexico's energy sector to U.S. companies for the first time in more than 70 years.
In a… Read more »
By The Chicago Crusader | Monday, July 19, 2021
Congresswoman Robin Kelly has introduced H.R. 4387, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act (MHQIA), aimed at reducing the alarming rate of maternal deaths in America and saving mothers’ lives.
In the United States, there is an estimated 700 pregnancy-related deaths per year and 60 percent of these are considered… Read more »
