Derek Kilmer: “We will make sure you all see copies of what it does, and to me, this is a good government bill.”

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.

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.

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