Honorable Ron Paul
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Paul, of the Fourteenth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He previously served in the House in 1976 and from 1978 to 1984. He is a member of the Financial Services Committee, where he is Vice Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and the International Relations 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.As an OB-GYN [obstetrician-gynecologist] with over 30 years in private practice, I understand better than perhaps any other Member of…