Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess
Michael Clifton Burgessis a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 26th congressional district. In 2002, he defeated Scott Armey, the son of House Majority Leader and then-representative Dick Armey, in a primary runoff election. Prior to his election, he practiced as a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology. Burgess is a member of the congressional Tea Party Caucus, and he has been involved in the debates over health care reform and energy policy...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth23 December 1950
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy.
We are at a point in our Nation's history where we cannot afford to turn our back on any reasonable power source to meet our Nation's energy needs.
The whole system needs to be reviewed and looked at.
Probably 60 percent of the show is about and showcases the horses.
The term pandemic applies when there is a big, big animal reservoir of the virus and no underlying immunity, and those conditions exist today.
It'd be great if we didn't need a campaign like this. We want to see those numbers go down. But as long as people keep throwing things out the window, we'll be here.
Nursing homes should be a last resort, and that's what a lot of this is moving toward.
We've just got to treat everybody the same. If we do that and play our hardest, then we can beat anybody.
We can't shift people out of nursing homes without an alternative system in place.
When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.
Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.
We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number of deaths, but nowhere near as high as it could have been.
To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere.
On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease.