The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy hosted the third Solar Decathlon on the National Mall October 12-20, 2007. Thursday, October 18, 2007, Congressman Michael Burgess toured the Solar Village and visited the University of Texas and Texas A&M University solar homes on display there. The Solar Decathlon began in 2002 to encourage… Read more »

  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… Read more »

Written for The Hill's Blog I feel compelled to educate both Members and the general public about mercury safety issues conspicuously missing from the so called energy bill. Sadly, the Rules Committee decided my amendment was not made in order. But I am not deterred from making certain my amendment language concerning the safety of compact fluorescent light bulbs is known. Why, you… Read more »

Rep. Burgess demands that Congress protect children and sensitive persons from the risk of mercury exposure. Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin that is especially harmful to children and is an essential component of all Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL) currently available. The Democrats "Green Energy Bill" as written would prohibit the sale of incandescent light bulbs by the year… Read more »

22 July 2007 Dr. Hussein Sharistani -- Iraq Minister of Oil A meeting with Dr. Hussein Sharistani was arranged in the Cabinet room of the Prime Minister's residence. Dr. Sharistani is a Harvard graduate and was named the Minister of Oil a little over a year ago. In fact, during my last visit in July of 2006, Dr. Sharistani's acceptance of that position was felt to represent a… Read more »

  North Texas consumers received a helping handful of energy efficiency tips this past Saturday at the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Summit and Fair hosted by U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess. Over 125 individuals packed the Gateway Center at the University of North Texas to hear energy experts discuss upcoming breakthroughs in energy research and to see a variety of… Read more »

  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… Read more »

  I won't belabor my disappointment with the process by which we've considered this bill -- I think that was well covered during the Subcommittee hearing last week. The bright spot, for which I'd like to commend the Chairman, is that we are not facing a manager's amendment today that would rewrite the bill from under us. My continued problem with the bill isn't with what's in the… Read more »

I am pleased to offer this amendment, which was included in the original committee print circulated two weeks ago, which would add B-20 Biodiesel blend (20 percent biodiesel by volume) to the list of alternative fuels under the CAFE program. I intend to ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment, as it is not germane to the underlying committee print. Reliance on foreign energy… Read more »

  We had a rather lively discussion during the subcommittee markup last week on the issue of mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs. During the Subcommittee markup, I offered two amendments, one which dealt with warning labels on CFLs and one which would clarify that nothing in this bill would compel daycares, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools to use lighting containing… Read more »