Derek Kilmer: “I am privileged beyond measure to represent 20,000 uniformed personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.”

I am grateful to my colleague and friend, Congressman Brad Wenstrup, for serving on our first panel today.

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

You know, you mentioned the baseball field, you know, only because Leader Scalise was a Member of leadership was Capitol Police even present that day.

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.