congresswoman williams, let me first start with you. do you have any scuttle what s happening in the senate right now when it comes to voting rights? jonathan, i wish i knew exactly what was going on in the senate. fshtly, the good people of georgia represented me to represent the fifth congressional district. right now i m sitting in the office that was once held by john lewis working very late with my team here. and we just had a conversation today with ambassador andrew young. he came in to give my team a pep talk about what it means to serve this very special district, and we haven t given up hope. we re still calling on the senate to do what they know needs to be done. this should not be a partisan issue. this should be about democracy, about standardizing the right to vote and making sure that everyone in our country has access to the ballot. so i am still hopeful, but i know that i have to be resilient and with that hope and continue to do the work. congressman lewis taught us
don t wait in long lines to vote for senators warnock and ossoff. it does not happen if texas democrats had stayed in the chamber, and let the original and much worse republican voter suppression bill passed in may. this fight could use more power, no doubt but the fighters are still working on getting it. joining us now is democratic congresswoman nikema williams of georgia who sits in the seat once held by the great john lewis. and texas state representative gina hinojosa. thank you both very much for coming to the last word. congresswoman williams, let me start with you. do you have any scuttle on what s happening in the senate right now when it comes to voting rights? jonathan, i wish i knew exactly what was going on in the senate. unfortunately, the good people of georgia elected me to represent the fifth congressional district. right now, i m sitting in the office that was once held by john lewis, working very late
haines, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, but it will take to get voting rights legislation passed in the senate. georgia congresswoman nikema williams and texas state representative gina hinojosa will join us next. will join us next.
we are here to work in washington for as long as the senate is working. our job is here. this is a front on which we can win. in texas, we can only buy time. we are the minority party, and there s only so much we can do there. texas state representative gina hinojosa, congresswoman nikema williams, from georgia, thank you both very much for joining us tonight. coming, up it s been a year since we lost the honorable john lewis, but he is still teaching the next generation of students and activists how to get into good trouble. get into good trouble. [john legend s i can see clearly now]
the senate to the democrats. democratic legislatures in texas did it when they left their lives behind in texas to come to washington to raise hell about voter suppression. and tonight democratic senators are working on voting legislation. that doesn t happen without the power given to this issue through protests. it doesn t happen if people don t wait in long lines to vote for senators warnock and ossoff. it does not happen if texas democrats had stayed in the chamber and let the original and much worse texas republican voter suppression bill pass in may. this fight could use more power, no doubt. but the fighters are still working on getting it. joining us now is democratic congresswoman nikema williams of georgia who sits in the seat once held by the great john lewis and texas state representative gina hinajosa.