Derek Kilmer: “I am concerned that the BIA budget does not request any additional funds for the operation of tribal detention…”

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

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

My gratitude to Chairwoman Bice and to you, Mr. Chairman, and to Ranking Member Morelle, is that you are loving critics of the institution, and that matters.

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