Derek Kilmer actually said...

And again, I thank you for your leadership and for the opportunity to speak before the committee today.

As a Nation, I believe that we need an economic opportunity agenda that empowers communities, that spurs widely shared economic growth, and ...

It is why I have spent most of my adult life trying to figure out how to make sure we are doing a better job of helping communities.

The Select Committee's guiding principle is to make Congress work better so it can better serve the American people.