. >> you by definition make it bipartisan, it is a bipart san bill, you're here. >> but it's important8 votes first. working with my democratic colleagues, they have obviously shown that they can support this bill, 185 co-sponsors already. now it's time to get a number of republicans on board. it's my mission to go out and talk to many -- and really get them to ask questions and i want to answer their questions. show me your amendment, but just saying no is not an option. >> if you could get 20 republicans, 25 republicans, if you could get that count to 218. are you telling me you can go to house speaker john boehner and say hey, we got 218, we can have a vote. >> you have heard specific pieces of legislation on the house on border security--allow immigrants to -- it has to be all of those different areas coming to a vote together. my job now is to show the republicans can support this too. i'm going to get a number of republicans not only to support this bill, but to also send a letter to the speaker and continue to push in conference. this has to come up this year. it's a short time

bipart san basis. work on tonight ask tonight tell together. bringing the 9/11 health bill to the floor.common values. this approach we have of bullying and my way or the highway. being so severe is not good government. we have to start from a place of commandali commonality and move outward. >> you have been working hard on an issue as it pertains to chain of command. >> this is an example of bipartisan support for a significant reform. we want their voices to be heard and they don't trust the chain of command. we had three generals say this reform will protect victims and create an objective justice system. we also had the panel that recommends to the dod policies that benefit and help women recommended to support the reform that we suggested, taking the decision making of whether to go to trial outside of chain of command. it is moving forward and we are having good steps along the way. >> i congratulate you on that. thank you very much for your effort and it was great being honored with you in washington. how is your son feeling? >> better. he had bad allergies. >> thank you. we will