Derek Kilmer: “I am here to both thank you for your past and continued partnership on modernization issues...”

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

You know, you mentioned the baseball field, you know, only because Leader Scalise was a Member of leadership was Capitol Police even present that day.

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.

I think we make a terrible mistake--and I am through--when Members get elected and there is a Democratic bus and there is a Republican bus right at beginning.