This past week, U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (R-Lewisville) spent the week in Lewisville to attend a host of meetings. Monday, he sat down with The Leader to discuss a variety of topics. Oversight committee Burgess was named the top Republican on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in February. The subcommittee, a true… Read more »

Uncertainty and anxiety about health care reform were common themes at a panel discussion hosted by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess on Wednesday at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton. The discussion was conducted to give local leaders, medical professionals and business owners a chance to talk about the health care reform bill’s effects. “We need good, quality information,” said… Read more »

The Register sits down with U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. What are your focal points as a Congressman? The biggest concern I have is for the implementation of this health care law that was passed. That is where the majority of our committee work is going to occur in the coming Congress. I’m the highest ranked Republican on the subcommittee of oversight and investigations.… Read more »

Taking a break from work in the nation’s capital, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess returned to his District 26 home to hear from constituents at area town hall meetings this week. About 200 people gathered Thursday at the Denton High School auditorium to hear Burgess, R-Lewisville, touch on a variety of topics including health care, immigration reform and Barnett Shale gas drilling. “The… Read more »

Questions about the economy and gas drilling dominated the discussion at a town hall meeting Congressman Michael Burgess (R-Lewisville) hosted at Flower Mound High School on Tuesday. The auditorium was slightly more than half full, and Burgess took questions and comments from about 20 audience members. The meeting was the first in a series of three the congressman held in his district… Read more »

Led by Sen. John Cornyn, 20 members of the Texas GOP congressional delegation have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urging her to strip a Texas-specific provision out of an upcoming spending bill. The amendment, inserted by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, requires Texas to preserve current education funding levels through 2013 in order to receive $820 million in… Read more »

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-26) dropped by Gainesville’s Civic Center to meet with area constituents for a “Town Hall” meeting. More than 150 locals turned out to voice their concerns and ask the congressmen questions. Some came armed with the specific numbers of resolutions, and issues discussed ranged from medical marijuana to veterans’ affairs. But perhaps the most… Read more »

Senior House Republicans say a new Government Accountability Office report on the quality of some international greenhouse gas data should prompt U.S. officials to steer clear of binding policies that limit carbon emissions. Top Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans released GAO findings that emissions “inventories” from many developing countries — including China, the world’s top… Read more »

A new bipartisan bill aims to ensure that multi-campus hospitals that employ and show meaningful use of health IT systems receive incentive payments that reflect the higher costs of implementation. Rep. Pete Stark, chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, joined Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio), along with Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), and… Read more »

Politicians may be known for their spin, but we tried to get at least one of them to play it straight down the middle - literally. POLITICO joined Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan and GOP Rep. Michael Burgess at Nationals Park recently to chat up Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman about his ziMS Foundation, which raises money and awareness for multiple sclerosis. (Zimmerman's mother was… Read more »