Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs.

2012

Gerlach was again challenged by Democratic nominee Manan Trivedi. In all three contests Gerlach survived by swamping his Democratic opponents in Chester County where he resides. He defeated Democrat Barry Robertson (whose campaign was heavily funded by Sam Morris Gerlach's opponent four years earlier) in that election and was re-elected in 1998 without opposition.

Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district serving since 2003. James "Jim" Gerlach (born February 25 1955) is the U.