Jim McDermott: “I also feel like the people who put this hearing together think that all the shipping in the world goes out of the south…”

Ambassador Tai believes we need a different approach that gives workers a seat at the table, so their perspectives and voices are incorporated into the policy that we develop.

These falls can result in serious injuries and expensive hospitalizations.

It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.