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

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

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.

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