epidemic will be important. you've been a tremendous leader in making sure we fight to repair the voting rights act that was damaged unnecessarily by the supreme court decision a few years ago. these are things that fwgive li to our democracy and bring life to the notion of liberty and justice for all, equal protection under the law. these are american values, yes, if we get some of these things accomplished it will benefit the african-american community and benefit our democracy as well. >> one of the things you touched on which lead me into your efforts around criminal justice and criminal justice legislation is something that i've committed a lot of -- most of my life fighting, the imbalance in how people are treated in the criminal justice system, whether it's mass incarceration, whether sentencing or probation and bail or police community relations, you had a bill and you're pushing it forward and you've