On March 25, 2011 Congressman Burgess along with 23 members of the Texas delegation and Senators Hutchison and Cornyn sent a letter to Charles Bolden, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Read more »

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. Read more »

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. Read more »

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. Read more »

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. Read more »

On March 18, 2011 Congressman Burgess and 73 Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Health and Human Services and Dr. Donald Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, regarding the establishment of a reasonable regulatory structure for dialysis facilities under the new prospective payment system (PPS). To view the letter as a PDF click on the image below. Read more »

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: Read more »

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. Read more »

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.’” Read more »

This week Dr. Burgess provided an update from Washington on the effects the health care law has had on the budget. Read more »