Derek Kilmer: “It defers the beginning of the single most powerful and important net worth building program that most Americans have.”

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

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.

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

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…