increasingly frustrated by republican obstruction and the threat of the filibuster. it's something i pressed the president about last night. >> this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade. had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn't read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap in -- so why is protecting the filibuster -- is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people who fought and died for that? [ applause ] >> no, it's not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate, pass s 1 and s 4, the john lewis act, get it on my desk so i can sign it. but here's the deal. what i also want to do, i want to make sure we bring along not just all the democrats, we bring