Government
Doctors in the House and Senate
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Dec. 6, 2004
The 109th Congress will include three physicians among its new members. Tom Price, MD (R, Ga.), and John "Joe" Schwarz, MD (R, Mich.), will enter the House next year. Tom Coburn, MD (R, Okla.), who served in the House between 1995 and 2001, will join Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD (R, Tenn.), as the only other physician in the Senate. The House also will welcome back four physicians re-elected on Nov. 2: Reps. Phil Gingrey, MD (R, Ga.); Jim McDermott, MD (D, Wash.); Vic Snyder, MD (D, Ark.); and David Weldon, MD (R, Fla.).
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/12/06/gvbf1206.htm.
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