and elections are the foundation of our democracy. he must be held act accountable. i go back to when i was a 13-year-old boy. i watched gavel to gavel the hearings, the impeachment hearings led by peter rodino and showcase the hearings was a new member of congress barbara jordan of houston, texas. she actually inspired me to think about a future in politics. it was so important for me and my minority 13-year-old boy whose grandfather sat behind me. he sat behind me smoking his pipe, reading his japanese pulp fiction. and, you know, he had lost his wife s property during world war