Derek Kilmer actually said...

"I went out this summer with a group hoping not to find European green crabs in the Puget Sound, and unfortunately, we were successful in finding them."

"I also want to express my gratitude to Chairwoman Bice and to Chairman Steil for continuing the traditions that were established by the Select Committee on Modernization."

"The idea of actually sitting around a roundtable and actually having a conversation with each other and with our witnesses, rather than 5-minute speechifying, I think is actually really refreshing."

"The Modernization Committee that existed in the last two Congresses was dedicated to a pretty simple proposition, and that is: make Congress work better for the American people."