he's of counsel with strickland, brockington and lewis in atlanta. he specializes in election redistricting legislative government affairs. he received his law degree from yale university. mr. park, glad to have you here. please go ahead, sir. and your whole statement will be made part of the record. >> mr. chairman, senator grassley, thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning on senate bill 1994. as i indicated, i have concerns about this bill because it raises serious constitutional questions and because it's under-inclusive, not because i have proof of or condone the use of deceptive practices, voter intimidation or both. the first point i would like to make is that before congress creates new tools for the department of justice and private individuals to use, it should encourage the use of the ones that are presently existing. those tools including section 11b of the voting rights act are generally underutilized and should be put to use before new criminal penalties are created. we're talking about regulating political speech which we kn

caroline brockington. great to see you. thanks so much for coming in. >> good morning. >> this is a significant study. explain to us what researchers were able to do. >> very significant. they were able to simulate the spinal chord circuits to allow the rats to start walking on their own. with looking for stimulus and going towards on a treadmill. >> it's important to note, it doesn't apply to all spinal chord injuries, correct? >> the interesting thing about the brain and the spinal chord, they don't grow back. they're creating bypasses, going around the spinal chord injury in order to promote the ability to walk and do other things. >> reporter: what does this mean for future study development, treating humans with spinal chord injuries? >> it's difficult to translate what happens to animals to humans. but this opens the door, there's a way to recircuit or rewire the brain and the spinal chord. >> how surprised are you by the study? >> it's interesting because other studies have shown similar things. again, anytime you're