Derek Kilmer: “I can't emphasize enough how the processes and norms that we have developed along the way have been key to our success…”

My gratitude to Chairwoman Bice and to you, Mr. Chairman, and to Ranking Member Morelle, is that you are loving critics of the institution, and that matters.

This retreat would provide a rare opportunity to engage with one another outside of the pressures of Washington, D.C.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Congress has never awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to any group of Vietnam veterans. Today, we can change that by passing this legislation. I ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote…

I am grateful to my colleague and friend, Congressman Brad Wenstrup, for serving on our first panel today.