this had to do with sutherland springs, the fact that the killer there was discharged with the military, had a history of domest acic abuse. would you support those efforts? did you vote author that legislati legislation when it came up in the house? >> the problem is, the house of representatives, speaker ryan won't let us even have a debate on this issue, let alone a vote on any of the gun measures. and, by the way, i'll believe the white house when i see it. because they said the same thing about banning bump stocks after the las vegas shooting. that has gone nowhere so far. >> you would be willing to work with them, if they came back and said, look, bump stocks, we'll give it to you, background checks as far as john cornyn would go, trying to close the loopholes, we'll give it to you. it may not be everything you want but it is something. is that a starting point? >> absolutely. i would start with adding bump stocks, background checks, those are low hanging fruit, i think we can get that done. but keep in mind, the