Honorable James Sensenbrenner
United States Representative, Wisconsin, Republican
Representative Sensenbrenner was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1968 to 1974 and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1974 to 1978. He is Chairman of the House Judiciary 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.A national insurance crisis is ruining the Nation’s essential health care system. Medical professional liability insurance rates have soared, causing many insurers to either drop coverage or raise premiums to unaffordable levels. Doctors and other health care…
