Derek Kilmer: “The idea that there would be any mechanism that would reduce the amount that we receive, and also that there is no…”

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

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.

My hope is, regardless of which party holds the gavels, that that Subcommittee continues, because the work of institutional improvement needs to continue.

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