Jim McDermott: “I don't believe in the blame-the-victim approach.”

Now, similar untreated vision disorders substantially increase the risk of falls among senior citizens.

This committee has the potential of doing more good for the American people than perhaps any other single subcommittee in the Congress.

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.

I always love to come to these propaganda hearings before the elections, and it is obvious we are trying to hold the insurance companies harmless here.