democracy to sign an open letter of their own, calling on congress to pass legislation supporting voting rights and warning, quote, our democracy is fundamentally at stake. history will judge what we do with this moment. democratic congressman bennie thompson of mississippi chairs the -- that was then voted down by a minority of senate republicans, and he joins me now. congressman, first let me start on the note that we ended that with, the letter by scholars who talk in very clear and sharp terms about what they view as the stakes for american democracy, and i wonder if you share their view. >> well, there's no question about it, chris. what those scholars said clearly represent, i think, a compendium of what they saw on january 6th. that action, an insurrection that occurred, really is a test