. >>> let's bring in democratic congresswoman val demings of florida. she's also a former orlando police chief. she joins me this morning just hours after holding a town hall on gun violence with her constituents last night. big welcome to you this morning. i want to ask you what you heard last night and whether or not there was common ground among all the voices for finding solutions to gun violence in this country. >> well, good morning, and thank you for having me here this morning. we had a pretty spirited town hall last night. one of the things i wanted to do was really give constituents in my district an opportunity to express their views, their homes, and their fears surrounding gun violence and gun violence legislation. so we had a town hall where we heard from both sides. we heard from people who believe that we need to fix our background system, that we need to ban assault weapons, we need to ban high capacity magazines. and then we also heard from gun owners who feel like, you know, in some ways their constitutional rights may be violated. as

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val demings, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignation is accepted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration by the chamber. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 763, resolved, that the following named members be and are hereby elected to the standing committee of the house of representatives -- one, committee on oversight and government reform, mr. gomez to rank immediately after mr. raskin, mr. welch, mr. cartwright, mr. desauliner, ms. plaskett and mr. sarbanes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> mr. speaker, i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? without objectio

that --l dennings debt val demings, thanks for your time.will hear from the peterson .nstitute's chad bone also don't forget the c-span bus is in phoenix, arizona. stop 22 on the 50 capitals tour. that state law second-highest official will join us in 9:30 this morning. we will be right back. ♪ sunday night on "q and a." former border patrol agent talks about his book, a memoir of his experiences and what he's learned about our immigration system since leaving the border patrol. >> the woman was pregnant. that's why she could not keep up. they were lost for three days. they were drinking filthy water they madee tanks and it through and the border patrol was called and i was supposed to take them in. i started talking with them and it turned out this pregnant andn had grown up in iowa she spoke perfect english. she was a schoolteacher. i think her husband saw that we were talking and we had a connection and he sort of leaned over and said can you just -- can we skip the whole arrest and deportation thing, can you just drive us back to the bor