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Many before addressing the bill before us, I wanted to begin my room much today by extending my condolences to the family and friends of the 58 individuals killed in the shooting in Las Vegas and expressing my hope for the recovery of nearly of the nearly 500 people that were injured, Congress has a responsibility to find a way to help prevent tragedies like this is well as the daily incidents of gun violence in our communities. I'm dis Going in that this Committee, our Committee is not addressed this issue at all this Congress in fact when legislation weakening our laws on silence is an armor piercing ammunition was being prepared for, for consideration this Committee waived jurisdiction. We were prepared to let it go without a hearing or Mark up as if it didn't merit Our time or attention of course, I am opposed those provisions because I believe that they would take us in the wrong direction by making us more vulnerable to gun violence and I'm glad the Speaker has not indicated that he has no plans to bring that bill to the floor in light of the last vegas shooting in the daily toll of gun violence. That impacts all of our communities it's time for the Committee To take action, I'm sure staff members will benefit from the briefing on the so-called bump stops that the will conduct for them on Friday. It is long overdue for us to conduct hearings on the issue of gun violence into adopt legislation intended to strengthen our gun laws with respect to bone stops start Speaker Ryan is said that he thinks the regulator approach the of this is appropriate way to address the Um but we've not even had a hearing your in this Committee rest to hear about and discuss different approaches or overall objective on decisions must be to protect our citizens from becoming victims, whether it's, from a Mass attack or any other. Sadly more coming active gun bones and did not need Mass attacks the right remind us of the urgency of the day's news in communities across the country should tell us everyday of in action There's, a lost opportunity to do something about this and so as we prepare to consider the bills schedule for this Mark up session today, I hope that the Committee will take up the issue and violence as soon as possible