Jim Costa: “Well, I have made that trip several times, and we can never say thank you enough to the American men and women who serve…”

“Well, I have made that trip several times, and we can never say thank you enough to the American men and women who serve in our Nation's military. I would just ask you, every week, I know you go back to your district and the good people in Nebraska--and that good water you are drinking there, bring more of it here to Washington because I think, if we can drink some more of that water, it certainly wouldn't hurt us here in our Nation's Capital. I want to thank the gentleman from Nebraska for his good words. As I prepare to close, I want to thank my fellow Blue Dog colleagues for coming down to the well of the House of Representatives this afternoon to talk about the common interests that we as Blue Dog Coalition members have, the efforts that we are making to reach across the aisle, the efforts that we are making to work with the No Labels group, as well as others, on a call to service to repair the engagement of civic dialogue, understanding that, frankly, if we tone down our rhetoric and we have a better understanding of how the different congressional districts that we all represent are, we can find the common threads, the common bonds to bring together solutions that we can agree upon for all of America. After all, we all believe that is what we have been sent here for, I believe, in one way or another. Another effort that the Blue Dog Coalition is engaged in with No Labels and others is congressional reform.…”