Jim McDermott: “I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.”

It includes a new tool known as the rapid response mechanism that, when used, allows us to promptly raise concerns with the Mexican and Canadian Governments when there are allegations of worker rights violations.

The work that the Innovation Center is doing will help us become more efficient and achieve our shared goals of containing costs.

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.

In my opinion, it could be one of the most important hearings we have held during my time as ranking member on the subcommittee.