Derek Kilmer: “Thank you, Chairman Rouzer and Ranking Member Napolitano and ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Larsen.”

These retreats will allow us to identify areas of mutual concern and agreement.

I think we make a terrible mistake--and I am through--when Members get elected and there is a Democratic bus and there is a Republican bus right at beginning.

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…

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