WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement following his selection by the Democratic Caucus to remain as the Ranking Member of the Committee in the 114th Congress:
Serving as the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee is an immense honor, and I appreciate the support of my colleagues. This Committee faces many of the challenges that need to be addressed in the right way, including strengthening - not weakening - Medicare and Social Security, trade and tax reform constructed in ways that focus on boosting our economy and creating American jobs, and efforts to help health care reform continue to expand insurance coverage and lower costs. My Democratic colleagues on the Committee will work with our Republican colleagues to tackle these and other vital issues in creative ways that honor the bipartisan traditions of the Ways and Means Committee and place first and foremost the interests of the American people."
