system for doing things the last two presidents said they had done, now can't find jobs, can't get a pelant for college, can't get food stamps and the like. so, this is something i've been working on with senate republicans, even the chairman of the judiciary committee's partnering with us on this. but someone who has been the outlier fighting against us has been jeff sessions. and so, on this issue and so many more -- lgbt rights, the rights of equality of women, police accountability -- he has from his position and in years before fought against the efforts that we've been making, fought against what the justice department has been doing. and now to see him going to ascend to the highest law enforcement office in the land, in charge of the justice department, he has told us that he won't fight and defend and up a lift the rights and values of all americans. and so, i could not sit idly by without doing everything i could to speak out against what i believe is going to roll back the clock for many americans and leave many americans who right now are being defended by this justice departm