governor of tennessee who said this will wreck tennessee's budget this is not necessarily a partisan matter. the democratic attorney general of louisiana has joined this battle with republican attorneys general and i hope more of my friends on the democratic side will join us. i will tell what is happening in the state of missouri, a bipartisan majority has voted for the health care freedom act. dozens of democrats joining every republican for a constitutional amendment that will bypass the governor's desk and go straight to the voters of missouri to decide this question at the november election. >> greta: do you have statutory authority to do this? is there a missouri statute that says okay if the governor, the attorney general won't the lt. governor can do it? >> i believe i can. i didn't hear all your question i heard just the last part. through my status as a constitutional officer of state government and my