forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much for saying that. there have been so many people who have brought poignant words and made us think tonight and who inspired us to be better people. you chair the senate rules committee that will hold a hearing on the bill next week. and listen, the stakes couldn t be any higher. republicans are trying to suppress the vote all over the country. how will you get this bill passed? that s the central question. let s start with the good. the good is that for the first time, thanks to those incredible senators from georgia, warnock and ossoff, we have the gavel. i have the gavel. jeff merkley, the author of the bill, we have two new senators, and we ll get this bill through the committee. we ll have the first hearing ever in the senate. it has only been in the house. they passed it in the hous