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
03/26/2015	H.Res.173	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, and providing for proceedings during the period from March 27, 2015, through April 10, 2015.	03/26/2015 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 402 - 12, 5 Present (Roll no. 143). (All Actions)
03/20/2015	H.R.1373	Providers COMPETE Act of 2015	03/20/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/17/2015	H.Res.138	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1029) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible.	03/17/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
03/17/2015	H.R.648	Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act	03/17/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
03/17/2015	H.R.647	Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act	03/17/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.R.293	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain transfers used for educational purposes, and for other purposes.	02/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/24/2015	H.R.1040	Flat Tax Act	02/24/2015 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
02/06/2015	H.R.668	Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act	02/06/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/03/2015	H.Res.70	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 596) to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.	02/03/2015 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 242 - 178 (Roll no. 55). (All Actions)
02/02/2015	H.R.205	Equal Protection for American Workers Act	02/02/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
01/26/2015	H.R.530	Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act	01/26/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
01/23/2015	H.R.434	LEVEL Act	01/23/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
01/22/2015	H.R.466	To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.	01/22/2015 Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (All Actions)
01/16/2015	H.R.298	Medical Testing Availability Act of 2015	01/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/16/2015	H.R.292	Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015	01/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/08/2015	H.Res.19	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 30) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with 40 hours.	01/08/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
11/18/2014	H.Res.756	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1422) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4012) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to promote new manufacturing in the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from November 21, 2014, through November 28, 2014.	11/18/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
09/26/2014	H.R.594	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2014	09/26/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-166. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
09/19/2014	H.R.5539	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain transfers used for educational purposes, and for other purposes.	09/19/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
09/10/2014	H.Res.717	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3522) to authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.	09/10/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (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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