violence prevention and that we can represent that well in the season of peace and we bring forward carolyn scott for our opening prayer of this peace hour. >> thank you reverend bryant. bow your heart with me. a discussion on the importance of interface based leadership on the city's violence prevention initiative predict and organize for a safer san francisco is where we're opening up in prayer. iicizea and "it shall come to pass before they call i will answer and yet while they are speaking i will "hear". mayor lee you spoke briefly at the interfaith breakfast and called out for help how do we get to our youth who are disenfranchised and not connected. you asked that you dependd and asked for the help of clergy and the religious community. you said you asked because you and the civic leaders and the departments cannot do it alone. we are here to pray for that reason. you went on to say our future leaders inherit what we do and all that we fail to do. at this breakfast the response from mrs. rita simel of the san francisco interfaith council was "mr. mayor, we will help". for the sake of the he

members of our caucus from carolyn mccarthy to grace napolitano to bobby scott and countless others who have been working on these issues for years, we are going to address this in a comprehensive way. mike thompson step today and we have tapped him to lead this effort in court nation. a hunter, a vietnam veteran, a wounded vietnam veteran who spoke both from his heart and also with the common-sense practical measures that he has become noted for in his service in congress in the ways and means committee and the large respect that the members of the caucus have for him. we will have mike address this issue. mike? >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you all for being here. what happened in connecticut similar to what is happening everyplace else, there has been done violence and it is rotten to the court and it has to stop. we have to address all the issues that play into what happened in connecticut. i am a gun owner and a hunter. i have been one for as long as i can remember. i was trained with an assault weapon when i was in the army and i was given one went i went to vietnam. i carr

members of our caucus from carolyn mccarthy to grace napolitano to bobby scott and countless others who have been working on these issues for years, we are going to address this in a comprehensive way. mike thompson step today and we have tapped him to lead this effort in court nation. a hunter, a vietnam veteran, a wounded vietnam veteran who spoke both from his heart and also with the common-sense practical measures that he has become noted for in his service in congress in the ways and means committee and the large respect that the members of the caucus have for him. we will have mike address this issue. mike? >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you all for being here. what happened in connecticut similar to what is happening everyplace else, there has been done violence and it is rotten to the court and it has to stop. we have to address all the issues that play into what happened in connecticut. i am a gun owner and a hunter. i have been one for as long as i can remember. i was trained with an assault weapon when i was in the army and i was given one went i went to vietnam. i carr

members of our caucus, from care lynn mccarthy to -- carolyn mccarthy to grace napolitano to bobby scott and countless others who have been working on these issues for years, we're going to address this in a comprehensive way. mike thompson stood up today in front of our caucus, and we have tapped him to lead this effort in coordination. a hunter, a vietnam veteran, a wounded vietnam veteran who spoke both from his heart and also with a commonsense, practical measure that has become noted for in his service in congress on the ways and means committee and the large respect that the members of the caucus have for him. before i call on both the vice chair and the vice chair-elect to speak, we are going to have mike address this issue. and i don't think we could have a more dedicated and focused person to coordinate this effort with our leadership. mike. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, all, for being here and understanding the seriousness and the importance of this issue. as chairman larson said, what happened in connecticut similar to what's happened every place else, there's been gu