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. Read more »
Dr. Burgess discusses two subjects of transparency: knowing the cost of health care outlined in legislation he's introduced, and the other subject is the lack of promised transparency in the deals made for President Obama's health care law. Please select the image below to play the audio file of the show segment. Read more »
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. Read more »
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. Read more »
U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) expressed expectations for the next EPA Regional Administrator to engage professionally in solving North Texas’ environmental challenges, following the resignation of EPA political appointee, Al Armendariz. Read more »
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. Read more »
President Obama repeatedly promised lower health care costs and insurance premiums. Now, the analysis of businesses executives from his own Council on Jobs and Competitiveness reflect deep worries about the costly job-crippling impacts and threats to employee-provided insurance from the President’s signature health care law. Read more »
Energy and Commerce Committee member, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. has called for EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to fire her political appointee, Al Armendariz, after Armendariz’s recorded comments surfaced, summarizing his enforcement philosophy toward domestic oil and gas producers. Read more »
WFAA TV updates the inspiring story of two North Texas residents connected by one little boy: the boy's father who needed a kidney and the boy's teacher whose caring gift has taught a lifelong lesson. Now, in the months after the transplant, the father now worries about the cost of medications to keep the new kidney functioning, and Congressman Michael Burgess pushes for a practical, compassionate way to help all kidney transplant patients. Read more »
Dr. Burgess is invited to question Government Oversight and Reform witnesses as a North Texas orthodontist explains her findings documenting the fraudulent use of Medicaid money in dentistry. Read more »