Jim McDermott: “If I can get one other question here, the inflated figure he uses, this huge number, God, it just blows your socks off.”

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

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.

Let me take an example, because we hear a lot of examples given up here.

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