Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) issued the following statement after President Obama and the Department of Homeland Security announced earlier today that it will stop deporting and grant illegal immigrants work permits if they came to the United States as children.
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Dr. Burgess encourages you to attend town hall meetings for residents of the 26th Congressional District of Texas -- in Denton on Wednesday, June 13 and in Flower Mound on Thursday, June 14. Maps and more information are found on the Town Hall page.
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All the pacing and worry leading to anticipation of this month’s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act has the characteristics of the waiting area outside a hospital delivery room. Everyone has strong opinions about what this ruling born of the court should look like. Why the acrimony? The high degree of concern is understandable when you consider how personal healthcare is to each of us and how widespread the law’s impact is on one-sixth of our economy. Yet, as experts line up and pundits weigh in, the hard-set opinions leave little room to operate.
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In his weekly comment to constituents, Dr. Burgess reviews the tools available to the President for protecting gasoline prices from speculation in the oil markets.
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The agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid has no plans for complying with Supreme Court directives that would change the President's health care law.
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Congressman Burgess urges U.S. Attorney General Holder to continue with Justice Department investigations of the General Services Administration for extravagant spending, writing that every executive agency must be scrutinized for similar misuses of power and funds.
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U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. offers insight from being inside the U.S. Supreme Court chamber for arguments challenging the new health care law's requirement for all Americans to buy health insurance. You can watch the video from KDFW TV below.
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