thank you to david and the brave people of california thank you very much david h. ow. some trials over the past year touched this chamber very personally with us tonight as one of the toughest people ever to serve in this house a guy who took a bullet almost died and was back to work three and a half months later the legend from louisiana congressman stan thank god one. thank god thank you. i think they like used to call where incredibly grateful for the heroic efforts of the capitol police officers the alexandria police and the doctors nurses and paramedics who saved his life and the lives of many others some in this room. and the aftermath yes the a thank. you. in the aftermath of that terrible shooting we came together not as republicans or democrats but as representatives of the people but it is not enough to come together only in times of tragedy tonight i call upon all of us to set aside our differences to seek out common ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people. this is really the key these are the people we were elected to serve thanks o