Jim McDermott: “Can you give me any reason why the sequester cuts to the National Institutes of Health would be good for the economy?”

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.

The creation of Medicare in 1965 was one of the great policy achievements in the history of this country.

We have made some substantive bipartisan progress recently. We need to build on our success.

At its core, Medicare is a fulfillment of a commitment to the health security of the American people.