. >> sarah brady and i'm here on behalf of my husband jim brady who was wounded in the assassination attempt on ronald reagan in 1981. >> my name is dan gross and i am here for my brother matthew who was shot in the head atop the empire state building in february of 1997 and for our dear friend christopher burkemeister who was killed that day and 90 americans who are killed every day by a bullet and for every one of us who just wants to live in a safer nation. today as i said we're here to mark the 20 year anniversary of what could fairly be called the greatest, most significant step forward for that goal of a safer nation, but brady handgun violence prevention act which took effect 20 years ago today. to introduce this special report, to introduce this special report that we have issued, to celebrate the success of the historic legislation and to define the critical work that lies ahead, 20 years of brady background checks. we are finishing the job to keep america safe for. first i would like to thank some of our special guests here. of course the victims and families that have join

sarah brady. >> thank you, dan. and i want to thank all of the people who are such a great help over the years. victi victims, over the last 25 years, i have seen more victims of gun violence i would ever want to count. law enforcement has been totally behind us and with us and fought for us. and this is chief jim johnson here. we also always have to thank the leaders in congress. and speaker pelosi has been there, as has representative thompson and we thank you for your leadership in this area. it took us seven years to get the brady law enacted. three presidents. and it was hard work. but it was a very uplifting thing to do. every day we were working on it, we knew that we were going to win. it was a david and goliath-type of issue. and it didn't take long for the american public, and the press, to realize how hard a fight it was for us. but we kept it up, and with the help of my friend gale over there, she was with me every day as we tromped the halls of congress meeting with the members and working in their dist

sarah palin and bobby jindal did not remain on the board. they will be more voting today and the results released this afternoon. while we wait for newt gingrich going topac, we're look at kevin brady from the newsmakers interview this weekend, about the future of leadership. he is termnow that limited as the chairman of the ways and means committee. you serve on the committee. you are next in line to chair the committee. of the houseyan budget committee has obviously expressed interest in taking over ways and means. you have also expressed interest and have said that when the time is right, you will make a case that you should be chairing the committee. when is the time right? how intense would you expect that campaign to be? >> well, paul ryan is a true friend. he is a good leader. we have been working our way up together for many years. we both have ideas on where we can go on tax reform and how we face social security and medicare. the time is not quite rate. we are both focused on helping advance this tax reform discussion, which i think is critical. i am trying to find a permanent solution to how we reimburse medicare. i feel it i am qualified and prepared to leave the commit