On Tuesday May 31st, US Rep. Derek Kilmer visited UWT to spend 90 minutes with students in Prof. Katie Baird’s Economics of Public Policy class. Conversation between students and the Congressman covered a range of policy issues, including the cost of higher education, the need for campaign finance reform, the shortage of beds for those with mental health problems, and
whether the nation’s degrading stock of nuclear weapons should be replaced.  Rep. Kilmer also commented on the divided and divisive nature of politics today, but urged students to remain engaged.  Ending on a hopeful note, he remarked that “This isn’t the first time in our country’s history that our nation has been so divided.  And in all times but one–the Civil War–we have always managed to work together to find a solution.”