Derek Kilmer: “The longer you delay the critical maintenance that is needed in a lot of these facilities, the more it will end up…”

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 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 was proud to introduce the BUDS Resolution along with Representative Young Kim, who, in an ideal world, would be listed as a lead sponsor as well.

I strongly believe that this is a key ideal we should be striving for in how we craft rules packages.