Posted on 11/13/2023 2:56:11 PM PST by DFG
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, a Dallas-area Republican who has held his post for two decades, will not seek re-election next year, he announced Monday.
“It has been the honor of my life to have gone from a small-town doctor delivering babies, with no prior political experience, to elected to represent my friends and neighbors in the United States Congress,” the Lewisville Republican said in a statement Monday afternoon.
Burgess, 72, first won the seat in 2002 after House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who had held it since the mid-1980s, retired — defeating Armey’s son for the seat. Burgess has since held the comfortably Republican seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs without facing serious competition.
An obstetrician by trade and Congress’ longest-serving doctor, Burgess emerged as a key GOP voice on health care issues.
Burgess — who once chaired the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health — comes from a family of physicians who left Canada to the United States to avoid that country’s health care system. During the Obama administration, Burgess was a staunch critic of Democratic efforts to reform the U.S. health care system. During the Trump administration, Burgess became a crucial figure in GOP efforts to unwind the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare.”
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Wouldn’t surprise me, one bit.
Another nasty, paid off grifter....NOT seeking re-election.
Here’s my shocked face ... 😱
Sounds like you’re trying to get a rumor started.
Oops....meant to ping y’all to my last post.
Hey! It’s in print in #2 above, so it must be true.
Age 72. Is the seat safe?
All of you who may be interested, run. I'm too old. 🙂
The RINORATS are abandoning the sinking the GOP dinghy.
Dallas area. I don’t think so. Beto Bandito will probably be after it.
This is my district. Very safe seat for R. Good riddance to this RINO - he was useless.
Bye.
Starting to sound a lot like the political year we had recently where the long-time GOP reps abandoned ship and killed the party with the subsequent election.
Good opportunity for a Trump MAGA repub to grab that seat and make good use of it.
Is the seat safe?
Evidence of vote cheating was reported this week following last week’s November voting. The rats are trying to steal DFW. But some of the old slime are retiring (rino Kay Granger) and this guy.
Just as long as an America First Candidate wins, I’d be happy...
Not sure how you can refer to Dr. Burgess as a RINO: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/michael-burgess/
What evidence is there that Dr. Burgess was “paid-off?” It’s Burgess, not Biden!
Thanks again for correcting me. I'm never upset by being wrong, just upset that I incorrectly tainted him of being something that h wasn't in reality. Bearing false witness it not a sin I want to engage in. Sometimes it's easier to engage in laziness and be corrected, than it is to be proactive and investigate before making untrue accusations.
I am indeed guilty of employing laziness when it comes to this man.
Thanks again & I mean that in all sincerity. 👍
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