vote. and the battle that ensued. and it seems to me, this is the most important thing to focus on. our democracy is at stake. i'm not being hyperbolic, or an iron missed, or exaggerating. the passing of these bills is critical. the suppression going on is unbelievable. the subversion of the infrastructure of -- it is hard to -- these are things that we should put a stop to. we have to address it. and that's why i thought this is something that we should be focusing on. >> i want to talk, we just talked to mark elias about what was going on with the bills here. i know you are a man of substance. we agree here a lot about the substantive cases. you've worked for the obama administration and have been there in the politics, what strikes me is that the democratic republic really is -- and changing the filibuster to