access. and the members of congress behind this push join us now. representative alyssa slotkin of michigan, veronica escobar of texas and collin allred also from texas and with us for this conversation is author and poet caroline randall williams. good to have you all on board. alyssa slotkin i'll start with you. what is it you would like to be included in the voting rights act to secure voting for all americans. >> we came together as a group of freshmen had 2018 who came in on an agenda of reform to say the most foundational thing we can do is voting rights and it's time to get serious to push and create that momentum and say to our leadership that we're willing to come back in august, whenever they call us back because it's so fundamental. that was the point. and, you know, we're open, of course, we support all the ideals that were in the original