H.R.2751 Bill was approved by a vote of 382-43 Burgess Voted Yes Title: To provide new human capital flexibilities with respect to the GAO, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] (introduced 7/16/2003) Cosponsors: 2 Committees: House Government Reform; Senate Governmental Affairs House Reports: 108-380 Related Bills: S.1522 Latest Major Action: 2/26/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Af... Read more

Today, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) met with Southlake resident Kristy Wickliff who is being honored for her heroic act of saving her father's life last April. Kristy, age five at the time, successfully called 9-1-1 and then proceeded to the kitchen where she was able to obtain and administer medication to her father while he was suffering from diabetic shock. Kristy says she gave her father his medicine just as she had seen her mother do in previous incidents. “By helping her fa... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess (TX-26) honors Texas State Sentor Jane Nelson on her American Medical Association - Nathan Davis Award. Please click here to review the video clip. Read more

Codel Davis 20 Feb 2004 Bagram Air Force Base We left the hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan via convoy for the airport. Once again we flew on a C-130 this time to Bagram Air Force Base in the country of Afghanistan. We were met by General Austin of the 10th Mountain Division. This has primarily been a stability operation. The formation of provisional reconstruction teams placed at various locations in the country allows stability to follow. This becomes a permissive civil/military operation. The Unit... Read more

Codel Davis 19 Feb 2004 Pakistan We arrived in Pakistan at the hotel at about five o'clock in the morning local time. This followed our departure from Iraq the night before and therefore the night was spent in an airplane. We were scheduled to meet with President Pervez Musharraf in the late morning, but the time continued to change until we were suddenly summoned at half past one o'clock in the afternoon. The time changes are apparently part of his security routine which has been made more robu... Read more

Codel Davis 18 Feb 2004 4th Infantry Division The second day in Iraq began with the trip from the Kuwait Airport in the ubiquitous C-130 aircraft to the town of Kirkuk. This is the site for major Iraqi oil production in the north. We left the airfield via Blackhawks helicopter to the town of Tikrit. One difference in the helicopter ride from the August trip was that the aircraft flew much lower, much faster than on our previous trip. I assume this was because of the problems encountered during t... Read more

Codel Davis 17 Feb 2004 We had an early start this morning - hotel departure occurring at 0800 - takeoff from the collate airport at about 0830. Our method of travel was the ever reliable C-130, a very durable and loud aircraft. We again made a tactical landing into Baghdad Airport, with a rapid descent from 22,000 ft. immediately over the airport but touching down without so much as a bump on the threshold of the runway. This was particularly remarkable because the back of the aircraft was occu... Read more

Codel Davis 16 Feb 2004 This morning we arrived in Kuwait at 9 a.m. local time (this would have corresponded to 2 a.m. in Washington DC). All in all a long, but uneventful flight. A stopover in Shannon, Ireland got us in contact with about 200 servicemen who were returning to Fort Dix from Kosovo. Their deployment had been for eight months, and they were happy to be returning home. This underscored the fact that, while we were traveling to the Middle East, there were in fact other deployments ar... Read more

Dr. Burgess. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the University of North Texas for celebrating 50 years of desegregation on their campus. In the summer of 1954 The University of North Texas accepted doctoral student A. Tennyson Miller as the first African-American student admitted into the university. Since 1954 African-America students have been scholars, athletes, both homecoming kings and queens, and most importantly leaders. They have shaped and molded the identity and character of the... Read more

WASHINGTON, DC – In conjunction with the House Government Reform Committee, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) will be part of a bipartisan, congressional delegation to the Middle East during the week of February 15, 2004. Congressman Michael Burgess went to the Middle East last summer to see first-hand the progress made by coalition forces. On his return mission, Congressman Burgess will assess current infrastructure improvements in and around Iraq and other countries. For updated inf... Read more