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The August Burgess Bulletin

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  Please do not respond to this email. To contact Congressman Burgess, use the "Write Your Rep" service. If you want to be removed from our email distribution list, please click here. NEWS North Texas Consumers Receive Helpful Tips on Energy Efficiency North Texas consumers received a helping handful of energy efficiency tips this past Saturday at the Energy Efficiency and…

The July Burgess Bulletin

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  Please do not respond to this email. To contact Congressman Burgess, use the "Write Your Rep" service. If you want to be removed from our email distribution list, please click here.     NEWS     Burgess on Disaster Declaration for Flooding   This has been a terrible tragedy with the loss of life and damage to property in North Texas, “Today’s…

U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. - FY08 Appropriations Requests

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  FY 2008 Defense Appropriations Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), United States Army--$550.6 million This request is in support of the FY 2008 President’s Budget request for ARH. CV-22 Osprey, United States Air Force--$872 million This request is in support of the FY 2008 President’s Budget request for CV-22. Horizon Extension Surveillance Systems (HESS),…

Floor Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell

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Video I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the speed of scientific investigation certainly exceeds that of the legislative process. Medical research, especially in the field of regenerative medicine, holds great promise. It’s our responsibility to strike an appropriate balance between that which is ethical and the promise that regenerative medicine holds Science…

The June Burgess Bulletin

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  NEWS Burgess Statement on Immigration Deal “I find it earth shattering that the Senate would design legislation, behind closed doors, without input, and then plan to force it through both Houses of Congress. “This issue is of critical importance to all Americans, and certainly, to my constituents in North Texas. Yet, Members of both parties are still waiting for the bill to…

Summit on Aging Answers Questions about the Future

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  U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) hosted a Summit on the Issues of Aging on Saturday in Hurst. The event attracted over 100 participants to learn about planning for their financial, medical and legal future needs. “The event was designed to have individuals think through those decisions that inevitably we all face,” said Congressman Michael Burgess. “Although…

The May Burgess Bulletin

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Burgess Comments on Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Partial Birth Abortion Ban

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House Republican Policy Committee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court decision to affirm the ban on “partial birth” abortion: “With an overwhelming majority of Americans, across all socio-economic levels, agreed that partial birth abortion should be banned in the United States. I am grateful that the Supreme…

The April Burgess Bulletin

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National Healthy Start Association Honors Burgess

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  The National Healthy Start Association (NHSA), whose members include almost 100 federally funded Healthy Start projects in the United States, promotes community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those that focus on the reduction of infant mortality, low birthweight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes. In recognition of U.S. Congressman Michael C.…