pass voting protections at the federal level. i'm joined by texas state senator carol alvarado, you're separate from house colleagues doing the walkout george airborne. are you meeting with senator schumer or any others on the agenda? >> good morning, hallie. we may be separate but stand in solidarity with our house colleagues. we are in the process of setting up those meetings, many of us were here several weeks ago to meet with schumer and the vice president and what we're doing today is putting the brakes on this issue and shining a light on how serious of an issue this is. we know this is happening all over the country and stems from the big lie told by the big liar himself. the bill that's going to be on the senate floor today in texas is a very bad bill. it hinders mail ballot voting for our seniors, for the