Derek Kilmer: “I am tired of watching our rural economies that depend on Federal timber harvest struggle and folks lose their jobs.”

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

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

We will make sure you all see copies of what it does, and to me, this is a good government bill.

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…