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
12/03/2015	H.R.3958	Veterans Health Care Stamp Act	12/03/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
12/02/2015	H.Res.542	Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster America's energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 1177) to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.	12/02/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
12/01/2015	H.Res.539	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster America's energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 23) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 24) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".	12/01/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
11/16/2015	H.R.2417	Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015	11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
10/01/2015	H.R.3660	To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.	10/01/2015 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. (All Actions)
07/09/2015	H.Res.350	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes.	07/09/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
06/24/2015	H.Res.333	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2822) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2042) to allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before requiring compliance with such rule, and to allow States to protect households and businesses from significant adverse effects on electricity ratepayers or reliability; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 26, 2015, through July 6, 2015.	06/24/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
06/17/2015	H.Res.319	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1190) to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.	06/17/2015 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 241 - 186 (Roll no. 372). (All Actions)
06/15/2015	H.R.2771	Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act of 2015	06/15/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/01/2015	H.R.2461	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.	06/01/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/22/2015	H.R.2416	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to evaluate the potential use of evidence from clinical experience to help support the approval of new indications for approved drugs, and for other purposes.	05/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/22/2015	H.R.2415	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for establishment of a streamlined data review program.	05/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/22/2015	H.R.2414	To facilitate the responsible communication of scientific and medical developments.	05/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/18/2015	H.R.2196	Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015	05/18/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/12/2015	H.Res.254	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable James Claude Wright, Jr., a Representative from the State of Texas.	05/12/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
04/23/2015	H.R.1939	NADA Act of 2015	04/23/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
04/16/2015	H.R.2	Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015	04/16/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
03/31/2015	H.R.1470	SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015	03/31/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
03/31/2015	H.R.1196	Health Savings Act of 2015	03/31/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions)
03/27/2015	H.R.1576	Generic Complex Drugs Safety and Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015	03/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (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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