The Latest Breaking News from Michael C Burgess

Top Rules Committee staffer heads to the private sector - Roll Call

Committee staff director Jennifer Belair will soon become senior vice president of government affairs at lobbying firm Atlas Crossing.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Sessions throws hat in ring for encore performance at Rules - Roll Call

Rep. Pete Sessions, who chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 through 2018, wants to reclaim the gavel in the 119th Congress.

Roll Call · Nov 18, 2024

New Congress brings churn in health policy leadership - Roll Call

Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Senate Finance to see dramatic changes in January, thanks to retirements, electoral defeats.

Roll Call · Nov 13, 2024

Spate of retirements continues on Capitol Hill - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III and Reps. Brian Higgins, Derek Kilmer, Abigail Spanberger and Brad Wenstrup all said they would not run again in 2024.

Roll Call · Nov 14, 2023

Burgess announces House retirement after 11 terms - Roll Call

Rep. Michael C. Burgess, a doctor who served on the House Budget, Rules, and Energy and Commerce committees, is retiring after this term.

Roll Call · Nov 13, 2023

Trump’s Hill backers often voted like DeSantis on entitlements - Roll Call

Trump’s has targeted DeSantis’ congressional votes that endorsed changes in seniors' benefits. Some Trump backers voted the same way, however.

Roll Call · May 9, 2023

OB-GYN workforce shortages could worsen maternal health crisis

WASHINGTON — A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, could exacerbate an already looming national shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists, experts say.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

OB-GYN workforce shortages could worsen maternal health crisis - Roll Call

Experts worry that a shortage of OBGYNs will exacerbate an increase in problems related to maternal and prenatal health.

Roll Call · Mar 16, 2023

Election Day Is Here: Which Politicians Are Profiting (Or Losing) On Stocks?

U.S. voters will spend the majority of Tuesday casting their ballots for the candidates they want to represent them in Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Benzinga · Nov 8, 2022

COVID-19 response is not ‘over’ even if Biden says pandemic is - Roll Call

His optimistic remarks about COVID-19 will not lead to any immediate change in the administration's public health posture.

Roll Call · Sep 19, 2022