and his daughter, claude sobell's daughter, works here in washington. i talked to him this morning. cousin killed. so the pain people go through for these unnecessary tragedies, these senseless shootings, it's awful. so no words can undo the unspeakable act which claimed the life of these two men. they had families, wives, children. but their families now that not only is nevada grieving, madam president, but all of america's grieving. so my thanks go to the law enforcement officers who were called to in after the killings to that scene and the scene across the street, putting their life in peril at every step of the way. it seems, madam president, that people respond to these -- our police, law enforcement officers respond to these scenes every day. santa barbara, seattle, going on with the names of cities where people were just shot. i so appreciate the law officers every day putting their lives on the line. madam president, we can't take for granted here in the senate the people looking after us. there are people out there who are so evil who try every day to do harm to not only