right. so, let's talk about all these restrictive voting laws that are being put into place across the country by gop lawmakers and the big lie continues to be promoted a year after the 2020 election almost. meanwhile, voting rights bills are being slow walked in congress. isn't this asymmetrical warfare at the ballot box? i mean, shouldn't there be more urgency and action from democrats on this? i know that you think this is the most important issue, i think, right now other than covid facing our democracy? >> well, it's way more -- i actually think it's way more important than covid because ultimately, we'll get through covid. and we'll -- we'll figure this out. it may -- it's taking longer than any of us want but the attacks on our democracy and what's happened on voting rights goes to the core of who we are because once that's undermined, then there is no way to fix that. then, you collapse as a democracy, as a constitutional democracy. and texas, as you know, where i am today. one thing people ought to understand. texas in the '90s -- texas in the '90s was ranked 14th on ease