Derek Kilmer: “I think it does an excellent job encapsulating the problem we face today that the Army both contributes to and is…”

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

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.

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.