BURGESS, MICHAEL C. DR.

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BURGESS, MICHAEL C. DR.
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: Experience: House: District 26, 2003-Present; Home State: Texas; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,050,936Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Michael C. Burgess

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Laura; 3 Children

Birth Date: 12/23/1950

Birth Place: Rochester, MN

Home City: Lewisville, TX

Religion: Episcopalian

Education

MS, Medical Management, University of Texas, Dallas, 2000

MD, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, 1977

MS, North Texas State University, 1976

BS, North Texas State University, 1972

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2002-present

Current Legislative Committees

Energy and Commerce, Member

Rules, Member

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Chair

Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Bike Caucus

Member, Congressional Health Care Caucus

Member, Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus

Member, Congressional Prayer Caucus

Member, House Anti-Terrorism Caucus

Founder, House Health Care Caucus

Chair, House Health Care Caucus

Member, House Nursing Caucus

Vice Chair, House Republican Policy Committee

Member, Immigration Reform Caucus

Member, Republican Study Committee

Member, Tea Party Caucus

Professional Experience

Chief of Obstetrics, Lewisville Medical Center

Former Chief of Staff, Lewisville Medical Center

Founder, Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates of Lewisville

Former Resident, Parkland Hospital

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

President, Denton County Medical Society

Additional Information

Awards:

Legislator of the Year. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2005

Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

Spirit of Enterprise Award, United States Chamber of Commerce

Taxpayer Hero Award, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

House Legislator of the Year, Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2008

Honorary Doctorate of Public Service, Health Sciences Center, University of North Texas

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Oppose Illegal immigration is illegal and should be enforced against.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 250

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/12/2009	H.R.1468	Medical Justice Act of 2009	03/12/2009 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
03/04/2009	H.R.914	Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009	03/04/2009 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
02/13/2009	H.R.1031	Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2009	02/13/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/12/2009	H.R.1040	Freedom Flat Tax Act	02/12/2009 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
10/02/2008	H.R.2583	Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008	10/02/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
09/25/2008	H.R.6908	Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2008	09/25/2008 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
09/24/2008	H.Con.Res.425	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches.	09/24/2008 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
09/09/2008	H.Res.937	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the emergency communications services provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service members and their families.	09/09/2008 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
06/23/2008	H.R.6125	To provide a mechanism for the construction of petroleum refineries on military installations to provide a reliable source of petroleum products for use by the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.	06/23/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (All Actions)
06/03/2008	H.R.6129	Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008	06/03/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/22/2008	H.R.6136	To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to waive any requirement for an applicable volume of renewable fuels if he finds that the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or that the fuel concerned is not commercially available in the required volume.	05/22/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. (All Actions)
05/21/2008	H.Res.339	Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.	05/21/2008 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
05/07/2008	H.R.5986	Diesel Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2008	05/07/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/01/2008	H.R.5943	Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2008	05/01/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. (All Actions)
04/25/2008	H.R.5885	Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2008	04/25/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
04/22/2008	H.R.5874	National MS Disease Registry Act	04/22/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/06/2008	H.R.5545	Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008	03/06/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/06/2008	H.R.5544	Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008	03/06/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/07/2008	H.R.5232	To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.	02/07/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
12/12/2007	H.Res.863	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Medicare physician payment system must be immediately reformed in a long-term manner in order to stabilize Medicare payment to doctors, return equity to the program, and ensure that Medicare patients have access to a doctor of their choice.	12/12/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)

Total: 1790

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/12/2017	H.R.2372	VETERAN Act
06/08/2017	H.R.2824	Increasing Opportunity through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act
05/18/2017	H.R.2430	FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2410	Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.1997	Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017
05/08/2017	H.Res.318	Promoting awareness of motorcycle profiling and encouraging collaboration and communication with the motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling.
05/05/2017	H.R.2376	Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.R.2192	To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.	Passed	Yea
05/02/2017	H.R.2157	OCEAN Act
04/27/2017	H.R.2188	Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act
04/27/2017	H.R.613	Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
04/07/2017	H.R.2029	SIGN Act
03/29/2017	H.R.1698	Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017	H.R.390	Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 2017
03/17/2017	H.R.1334	ALERTED Act of 2017
03/06/2017	H.R.1096	Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/28/2017	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
03/24/2017	H.R.1722	Protecting American Jobs Act
03/22/2017	H.R.806	Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017

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