Jim McDermott: “This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.”

The work that the Innovation Center is doing will help us become more efficient and achieve our shared goals of containing costs.

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.

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

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.