Jim McDermott: “And I yield back the balance of my time.”

I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

At its core, Medicare is a fulfillment of a commitment to the health security of the American people.

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.