Derek Kilmer: “Mr. Kilmer. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. It is the one really to increasing the rate of pay for the…”

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

First, it can help us promote bipartisanship and civility, which I believe is desperately needed in our polarized politics.

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 strongly believe that this is a key ideal we should be striving for in how we craft rules packages.