that state legislatures left to their own devices and in particular in deeply partisan state legislatures will work to curb the right to vote, that sacred franchise. i am hopeful that the senate will take this on an expedited basis. i suspect that they understand the urgency, as we did in the house, which is why we expeditiously passed hr-1 so early in the year and ultimately after doing the requisite fact finding that we believed was necessary under the supreme court s 2013 ruling, that we passed the john lewis voting rights advancement act in short order last night. ultimately time will tell. but i am praying that the senate will take this seriously and take it up quickly and understands the gravity of the course that we re on. nick, nse and congressman joe neguse, thank you all for starting us off this hour. after the break, the massive new records request by the january 6th select committee, specifically ensnaring communications between donald trump s white house and some of