. >> if i may acknowledge ron barber who was here, a victim himself. ron barber. , agressman elijah cummings senior democrat on the government reform committee , sven joe courtney had to go back to committee. but i wanted technology that he was here. congressman joe courtney of connecticut. and congresswoman sheila jackson who is the show -- was the chair of our children's caucus. i just wanted to acknowledge the other house members who were here. >> everyone, peer. i am told we are going to take ome questions. if you would be good enough to identify who you are. you would notid accept a watered-down version of the background check bill, what would you not let go? >> i will not accept a watered- down version of the bill. >> does that mean you won't allow the database or any kind of record-keeping provision go? >> if someone has an idea that doesn't weaken the bill, i would be happy to talk to them. at this days, i've got nothing. we've had somes discussions. .hey have been helpful here >> do you have any indication that the other moderates who voted no

. >> if i just make acknowledge, ron barber who is here was a victim himself, congressman ron barber. congressman elijah cummings, a senior democrat on the government reform committee has championed these issues as well. [applause] congressman joe courtney had to go back to committee, but i wanted to acknowledge that he was here, congressman joe courtney of connecticut, and congresswoman sheila jackson lee was here as well. and this one and to acknowledge the other cast members who were here. >> i have been told we are going to take some questions. happy to do so. >> if you would be good enough to identify who you are so everybody knows. >> when you said you would not accept a watered-down version of the background check bill, what will you not let go? >> i will not accept a watered- down version of the bill. >> does that mean you will not let any kind of record keeping revision bill go? >> at this stage i got nothing. we have had some discussions. they have been helpful, but they have not borne fruit, as i said before. >> you have any indication that the moderates who voted no last t

. >> if i just make acknowledge, ron barber who is here was a victim himself, congressman ron barber. [applause] congressman elijah cummings, a senior democrat on the government reform committee has championed these issues as well. [applause] congressman joe courtney had to go back to committee, but i wanted to acknowledge that he was here, congressman joe courtney of connecticut, and congresswoman sheila jackson lee was here as well. and this one and to acknowledge the other cast members who were here. >> i have been told we are going to take some questions. happy to do so. >> if you would be good enough to identify who you are so everybody knows. >> when you said you would not accept a watered-down version of the background check bill, what will you not let go? >> i will not accept a watered- down version of the bill. >> does that mean you will not let any kind of record keeping revision bill go? >> at this stage i got nothing. we have had some discussions. they have been helpful, but they have not borne fruit, as i said before. >> you have any indication that the moderates who vote

is ron barber still here or is he out voting? ron, wherever you are, thank you, man.nk you very much. [applause] being such a champion of mental health. ladies and gentlemen, i just want to say a few words to close the conference. it's been long, and i hope very fruitful endeavor for you all. you all know the most vulnerable age for mental health problems in young women and men is between the ages of 16 and 25. i have a son-in-law who is a reconstructive plastic surgeon working mostly on cancer patients, but he also has his ph.d. in neuro science which he said was a lot harder to get than his medical degree. and i asked him what he did his thesis on. he said, i did my thesis on, the development of neuro pathways for adolescents. he called me pop. you know, pop, what we found out is, what we know is that those neuro pathways really aren't stamped until you get between the ages of 18 and 25. that is the most difficult period. as i know all of you know. and it's also -- we have a large number of that generation , the 9/11 generation as well, coming back from very, very d

is ron barber still here? ron, wherever you are, thank you man. thank you very much.[applause] you've been such a champion of mental health. ladies and gentlemen, i just want to say a few words to close the conference. i hope a very fruitful endeavor for you all. you know the most vulnerable age for mental health problems is in young women and men is 16-25. i have a son-in-law who is a reconstructive plastic surgeon who works on cancer patients but he also has his p.h.d. in neoscience. i asked him what he did his thesis on and he said i did it on developmental mental pathways and what impacts their actions. he said you know, pop, what we neuropathways aren't stable until you get to 18-25 and that is the middle east difficult period as all of -- that is the most difficult period as you know. we have the 9/11 generation coming back from a very, very difficult circumstances and work with a lot of invisible injuries. we count every single day -- i list i asked my staff to to me every single day on my schedule the number of troops who died in iraq and afghanistan by the da