was governor of california and there was a desire to have a payroll tax as an income tax, he said my feet are in concrete on this issue. and then in 1970 when there was a crisis in terms of a shortage of cash flow, he said, that sound that you hear is the concrete cracking up around my feet. he changed his position whereas as we grow, we rethink and change our positions. mike: republicans aren't on board with the voting rights bills as currently crafted. the president said he would be able to reach across the aisle and work with republicans s. there any evidence that president biden has called senator romney or other moderate republicans to see what they could support? congressman: my hope is that he has. i don't -- i'm not privy to his agenda, to his calendar. but my belief is that he has if i had to place a bet without knowing. my belief is that this president believes that he can communicate with republicans across the aisle and he has demonstrated