Jim McDermott: “We are at a critical moment here. Not just whether we will replace the sequester, but what it will be replaced with?”

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.

This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.

This is the kind of hearing where there isn't much disagreement about the fact that we want to have quality.

The witch hunt that is going on here is really about discrediting the IRS.