Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) invites area students who are interested in learning more about our nation’s service academies to attend the 2011 North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum. The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senator John Cornyn, Congressman Sam Johnson, Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Congressman Joe Barton, Congresswoman Kay Granger, Congressman Bill Flores, Congressman Kenny Marchant, and Congressman Pete Sessions.
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This week Dr. Burgess provided an update from Washington on the the one year anniversary of the health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, being signed into law.
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Today marks one year since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) released the following statement marking the one year anniversary:
“It has been one year since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. As a physician I am the first to admit we must reform America’s health care system, but the way the last Congress and President Obama approached the challenge simply did not address the areas that needed improvement. Instead, it has created a system where we will pay more to get less.
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This week Dr. Burgess provided an update from Washington on people's right to know what happened during the closed meetings when the health care legislation, that is now the new law, was being drafted.
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Today, Congress voted on a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the federal government for the next three weeks. The CR passed the House by a vote of 271 to 158 and will now move to the Senate. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) released the following statement after voting in favor of the legislation:
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Dr. Burgess spoke on the House Floor on health care and the people's right to know how decision regarding the health care legislation, that is now the new law, was decided.
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Washington, D.C. –Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) has reintroduced his popular Freedom Flat Tax legislation to fundamentally reform America’s tax system. HR 1040 introduces an optional flat-rate tax system.
“Each year Americans spend 6.1 billion hours preparing their tax forms and the IRS has 1,176 forms and instructions listed on their website,” said Dr. Burgess. “It’s no wonder that even the IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman has said, ‘I find the tax code complex so I use a preparer.’”
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On March 10, 2011 Congressman Burgess, Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, along with Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Cliff Sterns, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Joseph Pitts sent a letter to Robert F. Bauer, Esq., Counsel to the President, regarding The White House's response when the committee requested information regarding closed-door meetings between the White House Office of Health Reform (WHOHR) personnel and various lobbying groups in relation to the administration's efforts to pass the health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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