Again, this is a measure that is, in my opinion, to address an emergency which is the incredible rates of violence that nurses, EMTs, emergency room physicians are facing at a frightening pace and rate over the years. This committee has done a lot of work in terms of the data collection that validates and demonstrates how serious this problem is. And the, the rule that is before your department right now is something which again we enacted twice in prior Congresses on a bipartisan basis and there's a bill that myself and Mr. Bacon have introduced as well. (00:49–00:59)
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