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Gun violence is a public health issue. Just this year alone, we have seen more than 10,000 deaths and more than 40,000 gun-related incidences. We have run out of excuses to not act on this. These are people's lives we are talking about, and while we move forward with long-overdue discussions on gun control legislation, we cannot forget the victims of gun violence, who already deal with the daily consequences of inaction. The Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act, which I introduced with Senator Bob Casey, would establish an interagency advisory council to connect these victims with critical information, programs, and benefits they need. I urge all Members to join us in supporting this common sense legislation.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for your leadership, especially on this subject and staying relentless on this subject.

Across the U.S., there are nearly 30 million small businesses supporting almost 59 million jobs.

Madam Chair, I hope with the question that I just asked, yes, protecting patents are important and what we need to do, but at the end of the day, if you are going to move these patents to be commercialized to the marketplace and try to address the problems in communities, the basis is they need capital.