Jim McDermott Quotations

The leadership eventually has to put some controls on us. Leadership and restraint by the members of the Appropriations Committee are the most important things.

We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.

Any of these banks that merge add value to the whole sector.

I think ... the real threat to the United States is his arms, so let's take those away through inspections, ... Then we don't have to argue about this regime-change business.

Why do they keep coming back to this issue and keep trying to hook the Iraqis into that?

Premium support is nothing but a voucher system. Unless there's a guarantee that every plan gives the same benefit package to anybody who buys it, and that you and I get it at the same price, this is going to be bad for the sick elderly.

Premium support is nothing but a voucher system, ... Unless there's a guarantee that every plan gives the same benefit package to anybody who buys it, and that you and I get it at the same price, this is going to be bad for the sick elderly.

Right now, what I see on paper says that 36 percent of this tax cut goes to the top 1 percent. That's not fair,

We're essentially saying to every senior citizen, 'Here's a voucher. Go find yourself an insurance company.' Now, if you're 65 and in good health, no problem. If you're 89, like my mother, and you've got some problems, maybe you can't buy what you need,

If he were serious about the talk, he'd be backing electoral reform legislation,