Jim McDermott: “I think emulation is the high pride of authorship.”

the buck stops at your desk, more or less, is how it would be put in Harry Truman's terms, correct?

A strong Medicare doesn't mean we turn the program over to the insurance industry, and it doesn't mean we shift more costs on to the beneficiaries.

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.

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