U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. 26th District of Texas


  • Burgess seeks photos of signs touting stimulus projects
    Oct 23, 2010  - U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, is asking Texans to document any signs they see touting projects being funded by federal stimulus dollars. He says he and other Republicans can't get an estimate from the White House about how much the signs cost, so they are trying to find out how many exist... More
  • Republicans Pepper Sebelius With Questions About Health Care Waivers
    Oct 22, 2010  - Three House Republicans wrote Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday with a series of questions about waivers granted to companies that say they might drop their workers’ insurance if they have to comply with new consumer protections in the health care law. Reps. Joe L. ... More
  • GOP gearing up for White House investigations
    Oct 20, 2010  - The White House and the Republican congressional leadership are quietly preparing for intensified scrutiny and investigations of Obama administration actions if the GOP takes control of the House, officials say. Republican lawmakers who would be in charge of investigative and oversight committee... More
  • A Conversation With Michael Burgess (video)
    Oct 15, 2010  - For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Republican congressman from Lewisville on the problems with federal health care reform, what's wrong with the way Barack Obama and the Democrats got it passed and how he'll lead the charge to repeal it — if his party takes back control of ... More
  • Let There be Lightbulbs
    Oct 7, 2010  - In retrospect, it was a premonition of the Obama era: Late in 2007, Congress banned incandescent lightbulbs, by a vote of 86 to eight in the Senate and 314 to 100 in the House. President Bush signed the bill in his late, get-me-back-to-Texas phase. Let's hope it's a better premonition that Congress ... More
  • Lawmakers Ask Governors to Provide Data on ObamaCare Implementation
    Oct 5, 2010  - U.S. Reps. Joe Barton, R-Ennis/Arlington, John Shimkus, R-Ill., and Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, today asked the 50 states’ governors and Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, for data related to the implementation of the health care law. The Republican lawmakers are concerned that the cost of Obam... More
  • Thuggish Behavior Raises Lawmakers' Ire
    Oct 1, 2010  - In another item on the list of demands to follow up on in January, three GOP lawmakers want answers for a threatening letter sent by an Obama cabinet secretary in "an effort to intimidate those who reveal the negative consequences" of Obamacare. Reps. Joe Barton (R-Texas), ranking member of the ... More
  • GOP Lawmakers Criticize Sebelius’ Response to Insurers’ Rate Increases
    Oct 1, 2010  - Three House Energy and Commerce Republicans challenged Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday to defend her response to health insurers’ proposed rate increases. The Republicans’ letter came in response to a letter Sebelius sent to the nation’s health insurance trade a... More
  • The Light Bulb Switchover: In the Dark
    Sep 28, 2010  - So, are you ready to comply with the federal government’s ban on incandescent light bulbs? Me neither. Starting in January 2012, a little over a year from now, the phase-out begins. Simple, inexpensive lighting will become a time-capsule item. Compact-fluorescent lights, or CFLs—the bulbs that l... More
  • Medical loss ratio hang-ups persist
    Sep 28, 2010  - Several major aspects of the medical loss ratio regulation are still under discussion, Brian Webb of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners said Tuesday. In particular, Webb said, the commissioners are still debating three topics: - Aggregation: A draft regulation released last ... More