Derek Kilmer: “If you came to my district, I would introduce you to Fawn Sharp, the president of the Quinault Indian Nation.”

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

I am hoping to leave my campsite better than I found it.

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 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.