House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) pressed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for information on Wednesday regarding the agency’s alleged communications with environmental groups about the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Upton and House Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee Read more…
Following President Obama’s speech on reforming the National Security Agency’s data collection system on Friday, legislators countered that changes to metadata collection should be made through Congress. Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) both outlined congressional efforts to Read more…
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said on Thursday that progress has been made on repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula used to reimburse physicians who provide treatment to Medicare recipients. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing Read more…
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) praised a recent federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling bringing the merger between American Airlines and US Airways closer to completion. U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Sean Lane ruled on Nov. 27 Read more…
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) sent a letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the Department of Justice’s recent move to block the merger between American Airlines and US Airways. “I have grave concerns about the recent actions taken Read more…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently approved the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, which would offer a permanent fix to the Medicare payment model used to reimburse doctors. The committee voted 51-0 to approve the bill that Read more…
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and other House Republicans are making a legislative push to repeal Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate and replace it with a new system of physician payments in the Medicare program. Burgess, a doctor, the vice chair of Read more…