Jim McDermott: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to shift the questions just a little bit or the issues you have been dealing with here.”

The creation of Medicare in 1965 was one of the great policy achievements in the history of this country.

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.

None of us on our side who were involved in drawing it up thought for one minute that we had created the Ten Commandments off the mountain, which haven't been changed since Moses brought them down off the mountain.

The best way to improve and sustain Medicare is by expanding it and strengthening it because, unfortunately, there are holes in the program that weaken health security of our beneficiaries.