Congressman Michael Burgess
Always dedicated to improving America's health care system, Dr. Burgess decided to run for the vacated U.S. Congressional seat of Texas' 26th District in 2002. Alongside modernizing our health care, Dr. Burgess also believes in building a strong defense, protecting our Homeland, cutting wasteful government spending, reforming the tax code into a simpler, fairer system, and making America energy self-sufficient.
First elected in 2002, Congressman Burgess served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure, Government Reform and Science Committees during his first term.
Re-elected in 2004 and 2006, Congressman Michael Burgess serves as a member of the prestigious House Energy and Commerce Committee. One of only three exclusive committees in the House of Representatives, the committee's jurisdiction is arguably the broadest (non-tax-oriented) jurisdiction of any Congressional committee. Congressman Burgess sits on four subcommittees: Health, Energy, Oversight and Investigations, and Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.