Jim McDermott: “You are witnessing a rare occurrence, I think, in the modern-day Congress, a Democrat and a Republican working together…”

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

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

The truth is that Medicare must be strengthened, not cut, and benefits must be expanded, not scaled back.

Mr. Blumenauer put through a bill, Mr. Levin and I put a bill in 25 years ago, that everybody in Medicare ought to file an advance directive.