Derek Kilmer: “When you buy a home, that transaction doesn't stop when they hand you the key to the door.”

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…

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.

I am hoping to leave my campsite better than I found it.

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