In this week's video address, Dr. Burgess discusses the administration's rush to create green jobs and the billions of taxpayer dollars that went to grants and loan guarantees, but failed to produce jobs.
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Dr. Burgess appeared on CNN to discuss airflow problems at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is formally investigating the issue.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an investigation of the Departments of Energy’s (DOE) continued support for the floundering United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). In their letter to the GAO, the lawmakers point to USEC’s inability to avoid insolvency in the absence of continued DOE bailouts, most recently in the form of $44 million in assistance so that the company could continue work on USEC’s flawed centrifuge technology and tens of thousands of tons of free uranium transferred from the Energy Department to stave off an immediate shut down of its Kentucky enrichment facility. Additionally, the Congressmen cite the recent credit downgrading, technical problems, and inaccurate assertions about the national security benefits as reasons why the nuclear enrichment program may never reach full commercialization.
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Dr. Burgess encourages you to attend town hall meetings for residents of the 26th Congressional District of Texas -- in Denton on Wednesday, June 13 and in Flower Mound on Thursday, June 14. Maps and more information are found on the Town Hall page.
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Dr. Burgess talks with the Texas Tribune about consumers making choices instead of federal government control in the selection of energy-saving light bulbs.
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On May 21, 2012, Dr. Burgess and three Members of Congress sent a letter to Commissioner Margaret Hamburg of the Food and Drug Administration regarding the use of Primatene Mist inhalers for over-the-counter emergency use.
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In his weekly comment to constituents, Dr. Burgess reviews the tools available to the President for protecting gasoline prices from speculation in the oil markets.
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U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) expressed expectations for the next EPA Regional Administrator to engage professionally in solving North Texas’ environmental challenges, following the resignation of EPA political appointee, Al Armendariz.
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Energy and Commerce Committee member, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. has called for EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to fire her political appointee, Al Armendariz, after Armendariz’s recorded comments surfaced, summarizing his enforcement philosophy toward domestic oil and gas producers.
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