we've eevren argued about the cub the sox. but most importantly, we've gotten to find a common understanding. and i'm appreciative of his support for my nomination, as i am of the other leaders in chicago and the leaders here in the house that i served with. and i am appreciative of what they said. that all being said, mr. chairman, it doesn't take away from the fact that a grave tragedy occurred seven years ago to this day on the streets of the city of chicago. and that tragedy sits with me, as it has, every day and every week for the last seven years. >> thank you very much. and you mentioned letters in possession of the committee. all those letters will be included in the record, including mr. mcdonald's relative. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator haggardy has an important engagement and has asked for me to yield to him. >> happy to have you defer to senator haggardy. >> thank you. i'll have to confess that important engagement is my nineth grade daughter's parent teacher conference coming up. >> that's a super important