Click here for the full version. Please do not respond to this email. To contact Congressman Burgess, use the "Write Your Rep" service. If you would to be removed from our email distribution list, please click here. This link will redirect you to the main page of the congressional website where you can remove your email address.NEWSResponding to Avian FluRep. Burgess speaks on the potential dangers of a deadly pandemicAs the Avian Flu virus spreads throughout Asia, and now with reports of the vi... Read more

U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess (TX-26) announced today members of his 2005 Service Academy Advisory Board. The eleven-member board will meet in November to advise him upon the selection of qualified service academy candidates. The board’s purpose is to comprehensively screen and interview high school and college applicants wishing to receive a congressional nomination; the board then makes recommendations to Congressman Burgess for final review and nominations are sent to the individual ser... Read more

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted out of committee the 21st Century Medicaid Reform Act as part of the reconciliation process. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, the only doctor on the committee, played an integral role in developing the language of the bill. The bill passed 33-17. “The purpose of our work today is not about money,” said Congressman Michael Burgess. “It is about saving a vital, federal program.” Medicaid is a federal-state program that provides medical care to 53... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess (TX-26) voted in favor of legislation that will enable first responders to communicate more effectively in times of emergencies. The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation setting December 31, 2008 as the “hard date” for the transition of all televisions from analog to digital transmission. By freeing the space currently used by analog transmissions, public safety officials will gain access to 24 megahertz of radio spectrum and an additional 60 me... Read more

Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I would just add to the gentleman from the State of Ohio that the State of Texas added 15,000 jobs last month. Mr. Speaker, when she sat down, society stood up and took notice. Rosa Parks, the name is synonymous with civil rights. Often referred to as the Mother of Civil Rights, Ms. Parks, with one small act of defiance, refusing to give up her bus seat, galvanized a generation of activists, including the young Reverend Martin Luther King, who then organized a 381-day b... Read more

PANDEMIC PLAN: AVIAN INFLUENZA -- (House of Representatives - October 25, 2005) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to take a minute this evening to talk about something that has been in the news a lot lately, and something that this Congress is going to be dealing with more and more as the next several months go by, and that is a discussion about the avian flu, o... Read more

Opening Statement Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. Full Committee Mark-up: Titles I and II of Reconciliation Bill October 25, 2005 Mr. Chairman, thank you for the time today to briefly talk about the measures that will come before the committee over the next few days. Our goal here is to find savings to the federal government and by transfer, the U.S. taxpayer. But we also need to take a close look at the proposals before us and fashion them in a manner that improves these public programs a... Read more

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unanimously selected to place the Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic adjacent to the Tarrant County Resource Connection. Congressman Michael C. Burgess worked at the federal level on this issue in conjunction with officials with the VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), including Director Betty Bolin Brown and Robert Martin, Operations Administrator of the Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic, and Judi Ketchum, Director of the Tarrant County Resource Connect... Read more

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD - MICHAEL C. BURGESS ENERGY AND COMMERCE HEARING EIA'S REPORT ON SHORT-TERM ENERGY OUTLOOK AND WINTER FUELS OUTLOOK October 19, 2005 First, I want to thank Chairman Barton for convening this hearing today. In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many news reports and most of our constituents have focused on gasoline prices at the pump. While high gasoline prices are a very real concern, and will continue to be in the future, a looming issue is the expected increase ... Read more

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I could not help but see as the leadership hour progressed you were doing an excellent job of covering all of the things that I think are so important to tell our constituents and our seniors about this plan. Of course, it is an optional plan. There is no requirement that anyone take this plan. But still I think it is worthwhile for families to sit down, perhaps the day after Thanksgiving, while everyone is at home and thinking about things,... Read more