“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

Political Quotes

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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Mar 15, 2016

The Majority is showing how out of step they are with the American people.

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Mar 15, 2016

Republican proposals fail spectacularly to meet the needs of seniors.

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Mar 15, 2016

My colleagues want to give a radical voucher program--give a piece of paper to somebody and say, 'Go find an insurance company that will take care of you...'

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Feb 23, 2016

If you lower the tax rate enough you will draw a lot of stuff in.

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Feb 23, 2016

This is a sham hearing. It is not going anywhere.

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Feb 23, 2016

More tax revenue than currently collecting is what we need.

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Feb 23, 2016

They brought it back, and they sent it to the stockholders in the next afternoon.

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Feb 23, 2016

We can collect more, and the way you do that is through growth.

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Feb 23, 2016

This tax structure is not going to be solved by a hearing where people have three minutes to talk about it.

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Feb 23, 2016

Nothing is going to happen in the Senate on taxes.

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Feb 23, 2016

The effective rate is about 16 percent for most corporations in this country.

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Feb 10, 2016

I have been listening for as long as I have been in Congress about the fact that debt was going to bury America, and that was going to be the end of us.

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