Jim McDermott: “I want you to explain to the committee the term counter-cyclical.”

Innovation will be central to our efforts to address rising healthcare 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.

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

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