Derek Kilmer: “Today more than ever, Members feel the repercussions of a growing lack of resources in all aspects of our job.”

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

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

My hope is, regardless of which party holds the gavels, that that Subcommittee continues, because the work of institutional improvement needs to continue.

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