Derek Kilmer: “Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chairman Yarmuth and Ranking Member Smith, thank you for hosting today's Members' Day Hearing and…”

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

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 thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Congress has never awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to any group of Vietnam veterans. Today, we can change that by passing this legislation. I ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote…