Derek Kilmer: “I am grateful for the partnership with the regional forester, Glenn Casamassa, and the ONF supervisor, Kelly Lawrence…”

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

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

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

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