Derek Kilmer: “Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for holding this hearing and allowing me to join today to share my thoughts on…”

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

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.

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

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.