The Texas Medical Association hosted a debate about the differences between presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama’s health care plans at their fall 2008 conference Saturday. A group of more than 150 medical professionals gathered in the Texas Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency hotel to listen to medical spokesmen from each side of the political spectrum. U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, a health adviser for the McCain campaign, spoke on behalf of McCain’s positions.
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Basking in the love of a party whose affections eluded him for years, John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president Thursday night with a vow to end partisan rancor in Washington and win the war in Iraq.
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U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess is spending the last days of the Republican National Convention talking to radio shows, TV crews and newspaper reporters. But he's not talking about himself. He's talking about John McCain.
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U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess (R-Lewisville) discussed major national issues before a standing-room only crowd in the Community Room on the second floor of Medical Center of Lewisville Thursday night. “After the situation in Iraq stabilized, the economy, energy and healthcare came bubbling to the top,” Burgess told members of the Denton County Republican Executive Committee, GOP precinct chairmen and other Republicans who were in attendance.
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Federal and state leaders, frustrated by delays in expanding Interstate 35E through parts of Dallas and Denton counties, said Tuesday that a private contractor and tolls could be the keys to fast-tracking the project. U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess joined U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett and Texas Department of Transportation and regional officials in announcing that the 28-mile project to widen the interstate cannot be put off.
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A tanker truck accident last year caused one of the biggest backups in the history of Interstate 35E, which occurred just north of the Lake Lewisville bridge. With no way out, people sat in traffic for hours, which became an eye opener for many. Interstate 35E is the only link for 600,000 Denton County people to Dallas, and vice versa. That number is expected to rise to more than one million by 2030.
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The Pecan Creek Project in Gainesville has been in the works for years, even before the area was hit by the flood last year. But since that happened, Washington is prioritizing the project, and U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess came to town to prove it.
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Federal and state leaders, frustrated by delays on the expansion of Interstate 35E through parts of Dallas and Denton counties, said Tuesday that a private contractor and tolls could be the keys to fast-tracking the project. U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess joined with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett and Texas Department of Transportation and regional officials to announce that the 28-mile project to widen the interstate is urgent and cannot be put off.
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Most people are aware that the Speaker of the House turned out the lights at the Halls of Congress and adjourned for a five-week summer recess. Instead of allowing an up or down vote on offshore drilling and alternative energy sources, Nancy Pelosi, and the rest of the Democratic majority, decided to close down until September. Well, our local Congressman, Michael Burgess, (R-26th Dist. Lewisville) took the lead last week in urging members of the House of Representatives to stay on the floor of the Congress to protest the decision made by Speaker Pelosi.
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U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, joined Denton city leaders Wednesday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a $1.68 million refurbishing of Cedar Street off the downtown Square.
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