Jim McDermott: “For years we have had to listen to the Republicans lighting their hair on fire on cable TV about the temporary large…”

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

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

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

Thank you for holding this Member Day hearing to improve and sustain Medicare.