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Dr. Burgess at Committee: Health Information Technologies - How Innovation Benefits Patients

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Dr. Burgess delivers his opening statement at the Energy and Commerce hearing on health information technologies and how innovation benefits patients. You can watch the video below.

Weekly Video Address: We Need a Balanced Budget

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This week Dr. Burgess provides an update from Washington on the need to have a balanced budget. You can watch the video below. To read a transcript of the address click here.

Burgess, Gibson Introduce No Armed Drones Legislation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) and Christopher P. Gibson (R-New York) have introduced HR 1083, the No Armed Drones Act (NADA). The legislation would amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from authorizing any person to operate an unmanned drone domestically as a weapon.

Dr. Burgess on the Floor: The Continuing Resolution

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Dr. Burgess spoke on the House Floor about the Continuing Resolution.

RICK PERRY & MICHAEL BURGESS: Adding millions to Medicaid system isn't the solution

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“We can’t simply put more people into a broken system that doesn't work.” Those words weren't uttered by a Republican foe of the Affordable Care Act, although they certainly have been echoed over time. Rather, they were spoken by President Obama himself in 2009, as he conceded the point that dumping millions onto Medicaid or Medicare was no real solution to health care reform. Yet, just four years later, here we are.

Weekly Video Address: Sequestration

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This week Dr. Burgess provides an update from Washington on sequestration.