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Jim McDermott - forThe U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district, serving since 1989.
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McDermott Statement Recognizing Women’s History Month
Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) released the following statement today in recognition of Women's History Month: "As we begin Women’s History Month, we recognize the tremendous progress that our country has made in advancing women’s rights as well as highlight the work still to be done. Investing in access to quality education, healthcare, and economic empowerment of women and girls are critical to our national security. Yet discrimination against women’s basic rights have come under acute attack in recent years -- particularly the right to access contraception -- as ...
McDermott:Shoreline Will Be An Import. Part Of His District
Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott says that Shoreline will be an important part of his district. Washington’s 7thCongressional District, which McDermott has represented since 1988, will include Shoreline and all of Lake Forest Park. Redistricting took southeast Seattle and some of the southeast suburbs out of the 7thDistrict and brought Shoreline, Edmonds and Woodway into the District. Most of Lake Forest Park already was in the District. McDermott said as he toured Edmonds late last week that he had helped Shoreline get federal money for the Aurora project. McDermott said that he ...
McDermott defends timing of stock trades
A new book that was the basis of a recent "60 Minutes" investigation into congressional insider trading alleges Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, made almost $40,000 in 2005 by flipping shares in a Canadian biotech firm that stood to benefit from a massive bioterrorism-defense bill he voted for. The book, by Peter Schweizer, a fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said McDermott "bet big" by buying 2,000 shares in ID Biomedical of Quebec for $10 apiece in June 2004. That was six weeks before the House of Representatives passed the $5.6 billion bill dubbed Project ...
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McDermott Statement at Ways and Means Committee's IRS Hearing WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) delivered the following statement at the Ways and Means Committee Full Committee Hearing on Internal Revenue Service Targeting Conservative Groups: (As Prepared) "These days Congress can’t agree on whether the sun is shining, but we seem to have accomplished the impossible here. We all agree that these applications were handled poorly and that the IRS stiff-armed us—at best—when we asked you about it. Our public servants ought to be held to the highest standards and none more so than the agency that oversees and enforces tax collection. "The IRS is an easy, and perhaps the easiest, agency to unite against. Who doesn’t want to pick up a pitch fork when we see the taxman coming? And with our 24-hour media cycle passing around the lighter fluid, I think getting to the facts, and fixing the mistakes, can get lost. "There is a difference between stupid mistakes and malicious mistakes. A lot of the applications for ta |
Health Care Reform Benefits: Truth vs. Pure Politics Rep. Jim McDermott Seventh District of Washington State Posted: September 23, 2010 09:49 AM Six months ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, one of the most important pieces of health care legislation in more than a generation. Six months later and the sky is still there, grandma hasn't been euthanized, and the dreaded death panels have ceased to materialize. Six months later and insurance companies have begun to be held accountable, small businesses have begun to receive important tax breaks to provide health benefits, and premiums for seniors on Medicare Advantage plans are lower and enrollment is higher. And today, just six months after becoming law, even more benefits of reform take effect. Not long ago, I explained how in this short span of time, the health care reform law has begun to tackle the very serious problem of rising health care costs for small businesses. Before reform, the stifling effect of double digit premium increases left small businesses |
75th Anniversary of Social Security M. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 75th anniversary of Social Security, which we are able to celebrate because Republicans have thankfully been unsuccessful in privatizing the program. Five years ago, President Bush and Republicans in Congress were clamoring to let Wall Street work its magic on Social Security. Can you imagine if Republicans had succeeded and millions of seniors depended on Wall Street for their Social Security checks? Their payments would have been cut by about one-third. Yet even as we’ve watched the collapse of the global economy, in no small part because of Wall Street, Republicans continue to pledge their undying faith in privatization. I cannot think of a dumber idea. I urge my colleagues to join me in reaffirming our commitment to protecting the integrity of the Social Security program. |
Will a Republican Tsunami Drown the Unemployed? REP. JIM MCDERMOTT Seventh District of Washington State Posted: November 16, 2010 12:11 PM While the pundits and politicians continue pontificating on the meaning of last Tuesday's election, one message is already clear: Americans are extremely worried about jobs and unemployment. According to CNN polling, voters said that unemployment is roughly twice as important as all other top issues combined. And the Wall Street Journal noted that about one-third of voters said that they or someone they knew have suffered from unemployment in the past two years. So now that Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives and gained several seats in the Senate, what will this mean for the millions of Americans affected by unemployment? Despite the fact that unemployment remains above nine percent, the incoming House majority has made it clear that jobs and unemployment are not at the top of their to-do list. Prominent Republicans have spent the last week trumpeting the need to |
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