Rep. Schwartz is serving in her third term representing Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district. She was appointed the powerful Ways and Means Committee as well as the Budget Committee. Rep. Schwartz served as a member of Pennsylvania’s State Senate from 1990 to 2004, spearheading legislation to provide health care for children, leading to the creation of CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the model for the federal SCHIP. In Congress, Rep. Schwartz continues to focus on health care reform. Rep. Schwartz earned a BA from Simmons and an MSW from Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Schwarz is Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity and Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia, overseeing the Departments of Public Health, Human Services, Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services, and the Office of Supportive Housing. Dr. Schwarz entered government service after having been Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. An active researcher for 22 years, he completed his medical training and MPH at Johns Hopkins and MBA at Wharton.