Derek Kilmer: “Indefensibly, almost nothing had changed.”

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.

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

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

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