plan. therefore, i intend to propose changes to the federal youth promise program. so that a school district plan under this program does not delay and does not discourage law enforcement from being alerted to dangerous and violent or hazardous behavior. fourth, we need to strengthen background checks. and that s why i have joined with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle pushing for the immediate passage of fix nics. something that will require all federal agencies and incentivize every step to fully report relevant information to the national background check database. because a background check is only as good as the information that is on it. and it deranged killer was able to buy guns on 10 separate occasions because he would have passed every any background check because none of this stuff that was known about him was reported to that system fifth, we must begin to prosecute the purchase of guns by people prohibited from doing so. next week, i hope to be joining a bipartisan