Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Lewisville), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, will host an economic forum on the state of the economy, titled “North Texas Economic Recovery Outlook: Impact of Government Policy on Small Business.” The forum will take place this Friday, October 29, in Lewisville. The forum will bring together policymakers, including Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, and local economic experts and business owners to discuss the state of business in North Texas. “It’s been a tough couple of years for lots of folks in North Texas, and we hope to hear from small business owners so that we can assess the challenges you face, and craft policy that will help you boost employment and wages to help get our economy back on track,” Burgess said. Read more

The White House and the Republican congressional leadership are quietly preparing for intensified scrutiny and investigations of Obama administration actions if the GOP takes control of the House, officials say. Republican lawmakers who would be in charge of investigative and oversight committees plan to renew a stack of information demands that have languished before federal agencies over the last 22 months. They have indicated that, if victorious next month, they will use subpoena power if nec... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (Texas-26), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement on the September jobs report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today: “For yet another month, job growth remained stagnant and the number of unemployed remained high. While the private sector did add jobs last month, which I am pleased to see, that growth was very modest, and overall the economy lost 95,000 jobs while the unemployment rate remained at 9.6 percent. For minorities and young people, the situation is even worse – proof once again that the Democrats’ big-government big-spending policies are not working. Read more

The federal government should establish a trust fund to pay for coastal restoration projects in states along the northern Gulf Coast, to be initially financed by penalties paid for violating federal laws, including 80 percent of any fines levied as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, concludes a report released Tuesday by America's Energy Coast and its parent America's Wetland Foundation. The fund would finance projects in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida that w... Read more

East and southeast Fort Worth community leaders, city officials and others took time Friday during an economic development summit that usually focuses on topics like transportation needs to talk about food. Not what was for lunch, but rather how to better meet nutritional needs and get fresh fruits and vegetables to the residents in areas under-served by supermarkets. Addressing nutritional needs is a timely and important topic, said Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, who hosted the summit, now... Read more

This past week, U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (R-Lewisville) spent the week in Lewisville to attend a host of meetings. Monday, he sat down with The Leader to discuss a variety of topics. Oversight committee Burgess was named the top Republican on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in February. The subcommittee, a true oversight committee that has no legislative powers, has been involved in a variety of issues this year, including the Toyo... Read more

The Register sits down with U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. What are your focal points as a Congressman? The biggest concern I have is for the implementation of this health care law that was passed. That is where the majority of our committee work is going to occur in the coming Congress. I’m the highest ranked Republican on the subcommittee of oversight and investigations. We’ve had no success in getting any of the relevant federal agencies into our committee to talk to us about how the ... Read more

Taking a break from work in the nation’s capital, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess returned to his District 26 home to hear from constituents at area town hall meetings this week. About 200 people gathered Thursday at the Denton High School auditorium to hear Burgess, R-Lewisville, touch on a variety of topics including health care, immigration reform and Barnett Shale gas drilling. “The winds of change were blowing two years ago, and they are blowing today,” Burgess said. He noted Americans’ low opini... Read more

Questions about the economy and gas drilling dominated the discussion at a town hall meeting Congressman Michael Burgess (R-Lewisville) hosted at Flower Mound High School on Tuesday. The auditorium was slightly more than half full, and Burgess took questions and comments from about 20 audience members. The meeting was the first in a series of three the congressman held in his district during the first week of August. Burgess gave a brief statement before opening the floor to questions. He remind... Read more

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-26) dropped by Gainesville’s Civic Center to meet with area constituents for a “Town Hall” meeting. More than 150 locals turned out to voice their concerns and ask the congressmen questions. Some came armed with the specific numbers of resolutions, and issues discussed ranged from medical marijuana to veterans’ affairs. But perhaps the most heated topic of the afternoon was health care reform. Burgess, a former ob/gyn, has served in Congress since 2002, a... Read more