I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.

Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district serving since 1989. Democrats have described the conversation as evidence that Mr.

The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island and portions of Shoreline Lake Forest Park Tukwila SeaTac and Burien. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district serving since 1989. He was formerly the committee chairman then in 1995 ranking minority member on the House Ethics Committee.