Derek Kilmer: “I want to be very clear, very explicit, very up front, by stipulating to the need to a substantial increase in a…”

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

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 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…

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