Political Quotes

On the recordJune 7, 2016
I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

He pledges to examine proposals affecting Medicare critically.

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