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Burgess Announces Winners of 2014 Congressional High School Art Competition

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Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today announced the winner of the 11th annual 26th Congressional District Art Competition, “An Artistic Discovery.” The art competition was open to public, private and home-schooled high school students residing in or attending schools in the district. Ah Yeong Cho, a junior art student taught by James Neiswender at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, won the Grand Prize in the 2014 competition with her pencil and prismacolor drawing entitled “Release Me.”

Burgess to Host Emergency Preparedness Summit and Fair

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Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today announced he will host the sixth annual Emergency Preparedness Summit and Fair this Saturday, April 25, 2014. The summit and fair will take place at Lewisville High School’s Harmon Campus from 8 a.m. until noon.

Burgess Supports Continuing Resolution

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Washington, D.C. – This afternoon Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26), voted in favor of H.J. RES. 59, a continuing resolution for the fiscal year of 2014. The continuing resolution ensures that the government will be funded until December 15th, while simultaneously removing the discretionary funding for the Affordable Care Act. The legislation passed by a 230 – 189 margin in the House of Representatives.