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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.

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Feb 7, 2012

My understanding that the Joint Tax study... should only analyze domestic tax expenditures, not international ones...

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Feb 7, 2012

We are all for tax reform. Everybody in this room is for tax reform.

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Feb 7, 2012

We are talking about a new world that we are trying to reform now than the one they were reforming in 1980.

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Feb 7, 2012

You want to retain that. So that means you can only finance about a 3 percent reduction, 3.5 percent.

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Feb 6, 2012

Willie Sutton was once asked, 'Why do you rob banks?' And he said, 'Well, that is where the money is.'

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Feb 6, 2012

Several years ago, Sandy Levin and I put an amendment into the Medicare legislation requiring that everybody who applies be given a set of final directives.

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Feb 6, 2012

How do you deal with the question of getting patients to think about this before they are in the cath lab, sedated?

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Jan 31, 2012

this is not a partisan issue, this is an economic issue that has got to be dealt with.

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Jan 31, 2012

And if my state got 20 percent of the money I would probably be advocating for more.

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Jan 31, 2012

The HMT shouldn't just sit there while our nation's ports have problems.

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Jan 31, 2012

We get $.01 back on every $1 we put into this thing.

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Jan 31, 2012

We all agree that it needs to be fixed. It is a question of how to fix it.

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