massive effort by the republican party, more than 400 bills nationwide trying to suppress the vote of americans. and i think representative clyburn is right on, and i think what senator manchin is missing is there is some naivete, if i may say, on what has happened in other countries. having come from latin america, i recognize the parliamentary tricks that the republicans are using to suppress the vote. we are in a point in our democracy that if we don't pass legislation that protects the freedom and the right for every american vote, we will lose our democracy. we are in more danger now than we were on january 6th, and republicans have taken advantage of that. i think that is why we are starting the year taking advantage of the fact that we democrats stand for democracy. it's the only -- the only line that we have between authoritarianism and our democracy and the values that we hold so dear. >> eugene, talk to me about the role that vice president harris