Click here to view the video of Rep. Burgess’ floor speech Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to honor Dr. Michael DeBakey, the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, and for me a personal hero. Dr. DeBakey passed away Friday night in Houston at the age of 99. Michael DeBakey, a giant among men and a giant in medicine. His death is a tremendous loss to the fields of medicine, science, and… Read more »

Click here to watch the video of this special order I wanted to come to the floor tonight and I guess continue what has been a theme this evening on both sides of the aisle. The theme is energy. We are hearing a lot about energy as we go home to our districts, and I am no exception. I heard a lot about energy from my constituents, I heard a lot about energy from talk radio, I heard a lot… Read more »

Click here to watch the video I came to the floor of the House tonight to talk, as I frequently do, about the state of health care in this country and some things that may be on the cusp of change and some things that will never change. But I want to start off tonight by talking about what is going to happen to physicians across this country on July 1st, less than a month from now, as… Read more »

Click here to view the video I'm going to do something a little different tonight. Normally I come down here to the floor of the House to talk about health care. But we've heard a lot recently about where this country is in regards to its energy policy. We've heard a lot recently about the high cost of food and foodstuffs, and whether or not that has been related to this country's… Read more »

Click here to view the video Tonight I come to the floor of the House to talk about the bipartisan health care bill introduced by Mr. Towns, Ms. Blackburn and Mr. Waxman. This bill, the National Trauma Center Stabilization Act, is particularly timely, given that this is National Hospital Week. While it seems like there's a special observance for everything these days, National Hospital… Read more »

Click here to watch the video You know, it is said that nothing in the world is certain except death and taxes. And I'll tell you, being a physician in my former life, that sometimes even death is a little less complicated than our tax system. The complexity of the tax code is a consequence of countless deductions and exemptions that are aimed not at collecting revenue, but steering… Read more »

Click here to watch the video of Rep. Burgess addressing the floor of the House of Representatives on America's health care system and why choice and innovation make our system the best in the world. Madam Speaker, I come to the floor tonight to do what I often do, spend a little time talking about health care. The hour spent in this way, I think, delivers for the Speaker and other… Read more »

Click here to watch the video of Rep. Burgess' special order on why we must not forget America's doctors when discussing health care reform. Mr. Speaker, it has been a long week. We have had a pretty tough legislative day today. It is springtime in Washington. Springtime brings lots of different groups to town; we saw farmers this week, we saw the firefighters, first responders this… Read more »

Click here to watch the video of Rep. Burgess' floor speech Madam Speaker, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer. It's the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States; clearly a major player in our cancer burden here in this country. Every 3 1/2 minutes someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Every 9 minutes someone dies from colorectal… Read more »

Click here to watch the video of Rep. Burgess' 1-minute floor speech Mr. Speaker, this week, March 10-17, is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. The goal of this annual event is to raise awareness of this disease for those individuals and their families who are impacted by it. Every hour in the United States, someone new is diagnosed with MS. It is a chronic, often disabling… Read more »