Jim McDermott
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Jim McDermott is a former U.S. Representative from Washington, serving from 1989 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Washington's 7th congressional district. During his tenure, McDermott was known for his advocacy on healthcare issues, social justice, and economic equality. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a vocal critic of the Iraq War. McDermott also served on various committees, including the Ways and Means Committee, where he focused on tax policy and healthcare reform.
One of the issues--we have made reforms since 1997. It was called the Affordable Care Act. And that has made real changes in what is going on, I think. And we shouldn't ignore the law of the land, as the Supreme Court has now described it.
I appreciate your willingness to approach this topic on a bipartisan basis because I suspect there is quite a bit we agree on.
The Affordable Care Act put us on a path towards reforming post-acute care and many promising ideas are being developed and tested. As the Medicare Trustees' Report illustrates, the Medicare program is stable and strong, however, we should…
So with our own economy, we haven't done anything about poverty in this country. Poverty is about where it was.
They avoided $92 billion worth of taxes. Fifty-eight companies accounted for 70 percent of that.
So you would suggest maybe that we should put in provisions that would require them to invest it in things that produce jobs in this country, would you?
Now, I am trying to figure out, when you tell me that Apple and my local company, Starbucks, ... who is it that benefits from this untrapping?
I have been sitting on this committee listening to the fact that we need to reduce the tax rate to 25 percent on corporations, that that would make them competitive worldwide.
I would not recommend enacting a provision that is targeted towards job creation.
It is unacceptable in every way for a government agency to unfairly scrutinize any organization because of their political affiliations.





