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Michael C. Burgess Republican · TX-26

House of Representatives · former member · serving since 2003 · born December 23, 1950

Transactions 129 across 40 filings
Securities traded 32 0 active in 6 months
Disclosed range total $1,195,129 sum of filed minimums
Huddle pairings 274 examine

In plain language

Of 129 disclosed trades, 0 were flagged by the site's published rules.

None of these trades met the flagging rules. That is the ordinary result — most trades, by most members, are unremarkable.

Across the whole database, congressional trading beats the market by close to nothing on average, and only slightly more trades look unusual than chance alone would produce. Most members, most of the time, are unremarkable. That is the backdrop for anything you read here. A flag is a prompt to look at the record, never a finding about a person.

Seat & district history

SeatCongressesServedChange
TX-26 108th–118th 2003–2025 first seat

District numbers change when a state is redistricted, so a renumbering here is not necessarily a move — the boundaries were redrawn around the member. Term records come from the public congress-legislators dataset.

Committees

No current committee assignments on file (former member).

Earlier Congresses

CongressCommitteePositionObserved
118thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2023-02 → 2024-11
118thHouse Committee on Rules Chair 2023-02 → 2024-11
118thHouse Committee on the Budget Member 2023-02 → 2024-11
117thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2021-03 → 2022-11
117thHouse Committee on Rules Member 2021-03 → 2022-11
117thHouse Committee on the Budget Member 2021-03 → 2022-11
116thCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Member 2019-01 → 2019-01
116thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2019-01 → 2020-12
116thHouse Committee on Rules Member 2019-01 → 2020-12
115thCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Member 2017-01 → 2018-12
115thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2017-01 → 2018-12
115thHouse Committee on Rules Member 2017-01 → 2018-12
114thCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Member 2015-02 → 2016-12
114thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2015-02 → 2016-12
114thHouse Committee on Rules Member 2015-02 → 2016-12
113thCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Member 2013-08 → 2014-11
113thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2013-01 → 2014-11
113thHouse Committee on Rules Member 2013-03 → 2014-11
112thHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Member 2012-11 → 2012-11

The published roster covers only the sitting Congress, so earlier assignments are reconstructed from the dated version history of that same public dataset, sampled monthly back to 2012. Observed is the span across which we actually saw the seat held — it is evidence of tenure, not a precise start and end date, and a seat that changed hands between two monthly samples may be dated up to a month out. Committees with no history recorded are absent because no snapshot showed them, which is not evidence the member held no seat.

Currently trading — last 6 months

0 securities

No transactions disclosed in the last 6 months.

Previously traded

32 securities

Securities with disclosed transactions before this window and none since. A security leaving this list means no reported trading — not that a position was closed. Holdings themselves are not disclosed in these filings.

TickerSecuritySectorTrades Buys / SellsTotal valueActive
ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) Medical Devices 11 3 / 8 $186,006 2024-01 → 2024-09
RY Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock (RY) Banking 6 3 / 3 $79,504 2023-08 → 2024-07
UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. Common Stoc… Transportation 7 4 / 3 $105,004 2023-08 → 2024-07
ITIP iShares International Inflation-Linked … 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2024-04 → 2024-04
IBM International Business Machines Corpora… Technology Hardware 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2024-04 → 2024-04
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK) Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2023-09 → 2024-04
ABBV Abbvie Inc Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 4 1 / 3 $81,002 2023-07 → 2024-04
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Oil & Gas 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2024-01 → 2024-03
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. - Common… 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2024-03 → 2024-03
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. Common Stock Retail & Consumer 3 1 / 2 $97,502 2023-08 → 2024-02
PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Common Stock Technology Hardware 3 1 / 2 $97,502 2023-12 → 2024-02
VLO Valero Energy Corp Oil & Gas 3 1 / 2 $97,502 2023-12 → 2024-01
BX Blackstone Inc Capital Markets 12 4 / 8 $316,506 2023-02 → 2024-01
AMGN Amgen Inc Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2023-04 → 2024-01
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Semiconductors 2 1 / 1 $16,001 2023-08 → 2024-01
CME CME Group Inc. - Class A Common Stock (… Capital Markets 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2023-08 → 2023-12
MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock (M… Software & IT Services 4 2 / 2 $105,502 2021-12 → 2023-09
STLA Stellantis N.V. Common Shares (STLA) Automotive 1 1 / 0 $32,501 2023-08 → 2023-08
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. Common Stock… Insurance 1 1 / 0 $32,501 2023-08 → 2023-08
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A Common Stock (G… Software & IT Services 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2023-07 → 2023-08
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock (AMZN) Retail & Consumer 6 2 / 4 $146,003 2022-06 → 2023-08
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New Common Stoc… 4 2 / 2 $105,502 2022-02 → 2023-08
CC Chemours Company (CC) 3 2 / 1 $73,002 2023-07 → 2023-08
PSX Phillips 66 Oil & Gas 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2023-04 → 2023-07
CI The Cigna Group Common Stock (CI) Insurance 3 1 / 2 $97,502 2021-11 → 2023-07
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated - Common… Semiconductors 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2023-04 → 2023-04
SYK Stryker Corporation Common Stock (SYK) Medical Devices 25 1 / 24 $558,513 2021-10 → 2023-03
AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) Retail & Consumer 4 2 / 2 $81,002 2023-02 → 2023-02
DIS Walt Disney Company Media & Entertainment 5 2 / 3 $89,003 2021-12 → 2023-01
MS Morgan Stanley Common Stock (MS) Capital Markets 3 1 / 2 $73,002 2022-10 → 2022-11
F Ford Motor Company Common Stock (F) Automotive 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2022-02 → 2022-02
ABT Abbott Laboratories Common Stock (ABT) Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 2 1 / 1 $16,001 2021-12 → 2022-01

The Spread by year

YearSpreadTrades pricedDisclosed value
2024 +0.7% 27 $583,514
2023 +0.1% 47 $1,327,024
2022 -0.4% 30 $578,515
2021 -9.0% 9 $96,505

Transaction timing versus the market over 90 trading days — not portfolio return, which these filings cannot support. See Methodology and the Scoreboard for the population baseline.

All transactions

DateTickerAssetActionAmount (as filed)OwnerFiling
2024-09-03 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-08-30 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-07-25 RY Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock (RY) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-07-22 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. Common Stock (UPS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-07-16 RY Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock (RY) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-07-16 RY Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock (RY) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-04-10 MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-04-10 ITIP iShares International Inflation-Linked Bond ETF (ITIP) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-04-10 IBM International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock (IBM) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-04-10 ABBV AbbVie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-03-11 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-03-11 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-03-11 XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation Common Stock (XOM) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-03-01 WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. - Common Stock (WBA) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-02-26 BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. Common Stock (BBY) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-02-23 BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. Common Stock (BBY) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-02-12 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-02-12 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-02-12 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-02-09 PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-02-09 ILMN Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-01-12 VLO Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-01-12 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2024-01-10 RY Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-01-10 RY Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) buy $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-01-02 VLO Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 ILMN Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2024-01-02 ILMN Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2024-01-02 ILMN Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 AMGN Amgen Inc. (AMGN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2024-01-02 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-12-15 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) buy $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-12-15 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-12-14 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-12-14 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-12-08 VLO Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-12-08 PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-12-08 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-12-08 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-12-08 ABBV AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-12-06 CME CME Group Inc. - Class A (CME) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-09-25 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-09-15 MSFT Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-09-13 MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-08-22 STLA Stellantis N.V. Common Shares (STLA) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-22 PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-22 BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-14 ABBV AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-14 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-14 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-14 GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A (GOOGL) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-09 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-08-09 CME CME Group Inc. - Class A (CME) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-08-09 CC Chemours Company (CC) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-08-09 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-09 RY Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) buy $15,001+ spouse
2023-08-09 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-08-09 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) buy $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-07-21 CI The Cigna Group (CI) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-07-21 PSX Phillips 66 (PSX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-07-17 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-07-14 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-07-06 CC Chemours Company (CC) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-07-06 CC Chemours Company (CC) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-07-06 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) buy $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-07-06 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-07-06 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-07-06 GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A (GOOGL) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-07-06 ABBV AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-06-01 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-04-10 MSFT Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) sell $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-04-05 TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-04-05 PSX Phillips 66 (PSX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-04-05 AMGN Amgen Inc. (AMGN) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-03-17 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-02-24 MSFT Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-02-24 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-02-24 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-02-24 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2023-02-24 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) buy $15,001 – $50,000 spouse
2023-02-24 CI The Cigna Group (CI) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-02-24 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-02-24 BX Blackstone Inc. (BX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-02-24 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2023-02-24 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-01-20 DIS Walt Disney Company (DIS) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2023-01-03 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $100,001 – $250,000 spouse
2022-12-30 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2022-11-29 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-11-28 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-11-16 DIS Walt Disney Company (DIS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-11-16 DIS Walt Disney Company (DIS) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-11-11 MS Morgan Stanley (MS) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-10-25 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-10-24 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-10-07 MS Morgan Stanley (MS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-10-07 MS Morgan Stanley (MS) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-08-31 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-07-22 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-07-22 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-07-15 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-06-21 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-06-14 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-06-14 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-05-24 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-05-23 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-04-18 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-04-18 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-03-21 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-03-21 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-03-18 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-02-23 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-02-09 F Ford Motor Company (F) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-02-09 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-01-27 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2022-01-14 DIS Walt Disney Company (DIS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2022-01-07 ABT Abbott laboratories (ABT) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-12-21 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2021-12-21 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-12-02 DIS Walt Disney Company (DIS) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-12-02 MSFT Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-12-02 ABT Abbott laboratories (ABT) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-11-23 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-11-19 CI Cigna Corporation (CI) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-10-19 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 spouse
2021-10-14 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self