Jim McDermott: “The problems that States have had has not been because they increased benefits, but because they reduced the rate that…”

The USMCA proved that bringing all stakeholders to the table--labor, workers, business, and members of Congress--can produce stronger trade agreements.

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.

This is the kind of hearing where there isn't much disagreement about the fact that we want to have quality.

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