Representative Michael Burgess
2161 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-7772
F: (202) 225-2919
Committees:
BUDGET;
ENERGY & COMMERCE (Subs: Energy, Climate & Grid Security; Health; Oversight & Investigations);
RULES (Vice Chair) (Sub: Rules & Organization of the House (Chair))
Global Action Record:
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - yea
2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent
2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - YEA on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund
2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Nay / Nay on Senate version
2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid
2013/09/12 - staff attended UNICEF briefing on child survival
2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Nay /
2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
U.S. Action Record:
2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - Nay
2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Nay / Nay after veto / Nay after rewrite
2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - yea/yea
2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Nay
2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - Nay
2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - Nay
2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-Nay 11/15-Nay
2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 Nay
2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Nay /Nay /Nay
2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Nay
2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) - Nay
2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - yea / yea after veto
2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Nay
2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Nay
2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Nay
2009 - HR 4154 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act - Nay
2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Nay
2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Nay
2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Nay
2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Nay /Nay
2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Yea
2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b) - Yea
2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay
2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Yea
2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Yea
2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Yea, Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Nay
2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Nay