oh, yeah. he was an avid sportsman. i mean when we would go up to kennebunkport, it was marathon sports. start in the morning with a jog and then come back and maybe go play a round of golf, 18 holes, rain or shine, and then go fishing in the afternoon and maybe some tennis. that fishing picture with the waves is pretty incredible. yeah. that was that was after it s kind of funny, but that was after he lost the re-election, and we went down to florida and just kind of resting. and he went out into the deep water there, and a wave broke. i wasn t in the water. i was on the beach with a long lens but got that. you know, there were many moments like that that we had a lot of fun. yeah.
and how to throw a high and inside fastball. just an incredible and avid sportsman. you d always watch him at an astros game. we re going to miss that. we re taking all his grandchildren out and having a good time in the outdoors. he d always want us to get out of bed early and do something with ourselves. how are you going to yule guise him? so many others are going to speak about his public service and what he s given to this country. i want to talk a little bit about the man. and many have written about his familiar penmanship. i will leverage a few examples of that on a personal level. so it s going to be emotional. it will be raw. that was the church that i was baptized. that s the church they attended for so long and as many bushes did in houston. i will try my best to keep it
again. so i m focussed on my job in texas. i know my dad is enjoying private life. but there is other ways to serve. and that s what my grandfather is all about, is that you don t have to be an elected politician to make a change. you can be in a nonprofit organization. you don t necessarily have to win plit tiolitics. so you were the dean of the delegation, 17 strong. and i feel like i m not that much older than you, but we saw you grow up. you were everywhere from the beginning. it seems like each one of you had a unique relationship with your grandfather. tell us about yours. well, i just remember him being the most avid sportsman i know. he has such a competitive spirit, from tiddly winks to horseshoes. here you are throwing out a pitch there, yes? he taught me how to hit lefty
end of the bed and waited. and then the grandchildren started coming in, and i stood up, took a couple of snaps, and that photo went on and has taken 0en a life of its own. we ve been looking at a lot of pictures of him outdoors and, you know, with family pets and with animals, him fly fishing. and he loved the outdoors. oh, yeah. he was an avid sportsman. i mean when we would go up to kennebunkport, it was marathon sports. start in the morning with a jog and then come back and maybe go play a round of golf, 18 holes, rain or shine, and then go fishing in the afternoon and maybe some tennis. that fishing picture with the waves is pretty incredible. yeah. that was that was after it s kind of funny, but that was after he lost the re-election, and we went down to florida and just kind of resting. and he went out into the deep
i co-sponsored a bill called stop violence act of 2018, which would appropriate $780 million across the country to assure safety and assure we have metal detectors, trained law enforcement, trained teachers to react to a situation. and we need to continue working on better legislation in terms of gun control. i m an avid sportsman, i own guns responsibly. my guns are kept in a safe locked away from anyone. i think we need to have better responsibility at home when you have children that are not, you know, adults yet. i think adults need to be responsible. if you own a gun, it needs to be kept in a safe, locked away. and do we need to start having a serious conversation of better background checks, maybe connection between mental health officials and law enforcement where there are databases where people want to purchase a gun,