us out tonight. i appreciate your time. this is heavy, this is big stuff. you are writing to the attorney general of the united states to basically say, we are running out of options, we are running out of time. democracy is being undermined, you might be the last hope. >> always good to be with you. this is of existential importance. the question before us is whether we will continue to have a democracy moving forward. you already noted that because of the unanimous obstruction of my republican colleagues over at the senate, and, of course, the obstruction of just two democratic senators, we were unable to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act which would've solved so many of the problems we are now seeing, including putting an end to some much of the voter suppression that has been enacted. last year in at least 19 states. and of course, over 400 voter suppression bills were introduced last year in state houses across the country.