thank you so much to mike zamore senator jeff merkley. thank you so much for all of your work, both of you in the senate. but for your for your work all these years in the in the oregon state legislature as well. we're so appreciative of all you do. and we look forward to continuing to work on this issue. well, thank you so much. and again, thank you to the grassroots advocates who are working on all these key issues for the people on health care, on housing, on education, civil rights, on climate, labor law, together, where we have to make sure that is a future senate where every brilliant idea you have for better policy has a chance to actually be debated and voted on. and your ideas are so good. i'm sure they'll all pass when we get opportunity. and so thank to our grassroots, thank you to you all for hosting us today. and let's fix the senate and save america.

zamore. together, they wrote the new book filibuster, how to fix the broken senate and save america. there cannot be a more perfect day to be discussing this. i want to talk about how broken the senate is on this day when senate republicans have backtracked on a bill that was basically written just for them. >> no, absolutely. and you have to have 60 votes to come to the floor, so the minority has a veto. it has a no effort veto. they don't have to take the floor. they don't have to speak. they don't have to do motions. >> just know. >> oh no, or even acho. if the vote could be 59 to 0, and you can get a bill to the floor. so here's a bill that was not only on the border on a fashion they want it written, but in addition, a critical issue of addressing the need in ukraine. it's funding in the middle east. it's humanitarian aid around the world. four big issues, and you can't even get the bill to the floor if the minority wants to paralyze the place. and that's what we have, a paralyzed senate