know that the calendar is not on their side. senator mccaskill can tell you how things tend to slow down in washington in the summertime. members go home, there's a lot of recess time, campaigning time. that momentum that president biden had coming out of the inauguration and through the spring could begin to dissipate over the summer if they don't take advantage of what they have right now. >> well, senator, you heard the man. let's go there. and by doing so, i'll give you the last word. talk about your party, talk about what happens, say, if the republicans don't go along with the 1/6 commission. are the democrats doing enough, quickly enough, taking enough advantage of their albeit slim majori majorities? >> there are two things going on at once here. there is a very public and important effort to make this bill bipartisan. the infrastructure bill.