lauren hogg, and mr. max schaffner, testimonies are once the american public needs to hear and once that members of congress should take to heart as we go about our work. a special thank you to both for sharing your experience with us. jen would also to acknowledge congressman deutsche, who does not set on this committee but he represents florida has been a champion for measures to improve school safety. i asked the consent to allow to question the witnesses at today's hearing. that went out objection, it is so ordered. i'm both of this hearing can build upon the school safety field hearing the subcommittee held last year in new jersey. the 2019, and 22 any school year as well underway and our kids are at risk in violence every day. as a parent of triplets, all is it too often i watch the news and i am terrified by what i see here. tragically school violence is taking lives of is it too many american children and educators. now 20 years since columbine high school massacre, which left 13 victims dead, our