Honorable Thomas Reynolds
United States Representative, New York, Republican
Representative Reynolds, of the Twenty-Seventh District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. He served in the Erie County (New York) Legislature from 1982 to 1988 and in the New York Assembly from 1988 to 1998, where he was Minority Leader from 1995 to 1998. He is a member of the House Rules Committee. The following is from the September 26, 2002, House floor debate on H.R. 4600, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care Act.When it comes to health care, there is nothing more hallowed than the quality of patient…