may of next year that talks about the fights that we have had since we have become a republic to make sure that everybody had the right to vote and the battles that ensued. and it seemed that this is the most important thing i could focus on. our democracy is at stake. i am not being hyperbolic, not being alarmist, i am not exaggerating. our democracy is at stake. the passage of these bills is critical. the voter suppression going on is unbelievable. the subversion of the infrastructure of the electoral system is hard to fathom. these are things that we can put a stop to, but we have to address it and that's why i decided that this would be something i would focus on. >> all right. i want to talk -- we just talked to mark elias about some of the substance of the bills here. i know, obviously, you want to talk substance and i -- we agree, i think, largely, on the substantive case. you know, you were worked in the upper everybody lons of the