Students and staff in parkland, florida. Today also marks the moment we resulted do something about School Violence. Left and right determined to lay aside their differences and Work Together to prevent future tragedy. To keep children safe from harm, there is no panacea. Its time to focus on what can be done. Solutions on the state level including amounts state of utah can help show us the way forward. Working in the realm of the possible, utah state legislators when i was in salt lake last week i learned firsthand about the safe utah smart phone at. And tip line is a statewide service that provides realtime crisis intervention. And confidential tip program. Licensed clinicians from the university at the university of health respond to incoming chats, text and calls 24 7 are for crisisupporting council, suicide prevention, and referral services. In Safe Utah Program collaboration with the university neuropsychiatric institute, the Utah State Office of education and the utah office of the attorney general and utah Antibullying Coalition is a testament to what can be done when Mental Health education and Law Enforcement agencies Work Together to prevent student violence. Not only is the app innovative, it works. Since the app was unveiled in 2016, 86 planned School Attacks have been stopped. Ped in a, stop relatively small state. Hundreds of heartbreaks spared. Thousands of families across the. Tate imagine if these technologies were available to students across the country. We can get help for those in need it and in the process saved countless lives. Later this week i will introduce the stop School Violence act. Department of justice grants available to states to Fund Programs designed to reduce School Violence. The stop School Violence act will fund four initiatives. It will provide Grant Funding for evidencebased training to prevent student violence against others and self including training for local law. Nforcement Officers Training designed to give students and teachers the andledge to recognize properly respond to warning signs or signals to stop School Violence before it occurs. The bill will fund andencebased Technology Equipment to improve school schooly and prevent violence. This is good for development and operation of anonymous reporting systems like the safe utah app as well as improve threatsucture to deter of School Violence. When prevention efforts fall short, as they unfortunately will in some cases, lots of classroom doors and other common sense security Infrastructure Improvements will help limit the violence. Funding will provide crisisvelopment of intervention teams which may include evidencebased training for School Officials in responding to Mental Health crises. School personnel may tools to respond to threats before they materialize including those threads that originate from individuals struggling with Mental Health issues. The bill will provide funding for continued coordination with local Law Enforcement. Lawenforcement alone cannot prevent School Violence has no amount of prevention training, security, infrastructure prevents tragedies and in parkland. Some may point out something my builds not address, which is guns. I believe we can find Common Ground here such as the outline is onlyackground check as good as the records in the database. National criminal background check system is. Urrently incomplete those related to Mental Health adjudications and involuntary. Ommitment orders holding federal agencies accountable for uploading , includingcords these missing records. Rep keeping dangerous dangerous weapons out of the hands of felons, fugitives, drug persons of serious mental illness, other prohibited persons. Ill be the first to admit theres no single perfect solution. Not the stop School Violence at. R not the fixnics act but both of these bills can help save lives. The 86 planned School Attacks the save utah app was unveiled in the 26th lives of medicine spared. I implore my friends on both sides of the aisle to come together for the safety of our children. Rather than resorting to talking points i asked my colleagues to leadershipty was called to pass legislation that makes a difference. Rather than retreating to our partisan parcels i call on republicans and democrats alike to surrender their rhetorical weapons for the good of the nation and the good of our children. All of us must look he on the horizon of political differences we can make a lasting difference and even save thousands of lives. We look to our children and those affected by gun violence to take Decisive Action in those. Reas where we agree this is important stuff. E still have work to do i think it can be very helpful to us. Thank you mr. President. Journal. s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. This morning, new york republican congressman john faso. So f john punishment dan kildee , congressman tom kildee, and tom hart. The effect of president trumps proposed budget cuts. What cspans washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Join the discussion. Reverend billy graham who died last week at the age of 99, will lie in honor at the u. S. Apitol on wednesday and Memorial Service with House Speaker paul ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell speaking. The first time a private civilian will lie in honor at the capital since rosa parks in 2005. Live coverage starting at 11 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Next week on landmark cases we explore the civil rights cases of 1883. Struck down the previous Civil Rights Act accredited people regardless of race access to accommodations like trains and theaters. Join the conversation and follow us at cspan. There are resources for background. Go to our website at cspan. Org landmark cases. You can order the companion book and visit the National Constitution centers interactive constitution. President trump talks about gun violence and School Safety with the nations governors. It was part of the National GovernorsAssociation Annual winter meeting. The white house said the president will meet the Bipartisan Group of lawmakers to discuss ways of addressing gun violence. [applause] thank you for the warm welcome. I trust you all have had a productive and meaningful morning. Governor sandoval to governo