president is working with us to protect our voting rights and secure democracy here at home. because that's what is at stake. nothing less than our democracy. >> go ahead, sorry. go ahead. >> and i was grateful and really honored to have an opportunity to share with her the voter suppression efforts that have -- that our republican majority has been trying to push through in texas and our experience fighting back in texas. and to learn from her, to gain insight and learn from her what we can do as texas legislators in the fight to help pass the voting rights legislation. >> the white house is still trying to get the s-1 through that joe manchin now has some amendments to that he would like to offer.