Jim McDermott: “There is a little bit of paranoia on this side that if we send a bill to the Senate, sometimes it comes back differently…”

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

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.

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.

Innovation will be central to our efforts to address rising healthcare costs.