background check bill passes. and i want to commend the work done by a number of senators, including pat toomey with whom i serve from pennsylvania and joe manchin from west virginia. but we've got a long way to go, even if it does pass. we've got more work that we have to do. and i think people of goodwill, if we focus on the children, if we focus on what could have happened, if we took steps years ago, that olivia engel, for example, a 6-year-old no who was going to appear in a nativity play that night as an angel. so if we focus on those children and answer their question that we -- or the question they would be asking us, have you taken every step possible to make sure that this can't happen again. and that is a -- that's the question that we've got to ask ourselves, especially those of us who have a vote. >> i want to play a quick clip. this is from senator joe manchin today who got emotional when he talked about his meeting some of the families in washington from sandy hook.