House Proceeding on Jul 10th, 2009 :: 0:06:05 to 0:07:20
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Michael C. Burgess: and his wife, tracey and sons and their dedication -- dedicated service to our communities. i yield back my time, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, for what purpose do you rise? mr. burgess: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Michael C. Burgess

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Michael C. Burgess: mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. are we running out of doctors is a question posed by the texas medical association last year. the united states population continues to grow and there is concern that there may not be enough physicians to care for americans. if we do nothing to assist the training of new physicians, waiting lines will grow longer, lapses in treatment will occur and many of our smaller and rural communities will be at

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Michael C. Burgess: risk of not having physicians. as they enter training in medical school and continuing assistance throughout their residency in high-needs speshts and medically underserved areas to make certain when you need help your doctor is in. two bills, h.r. 914 and h.r. 916, bipartisan bills to help offer incentives for physicians to practice in rural and

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Michael C. Burgess: underserved areas of the country, helping to ensure that health care coverage actually equals access to a doctor for all americans. all of the recent discussion on health care reform has been on cost and coverage, but it matters not if there are not