during an indian affairs committee hearing on native voting access last october october, julia kitka, reminded us that these events are not very old and sometimes we think of elizabeth peratrovich, and she and her husband roy and the impact they had on alaska and the way they strengthened our democracy is our current history as well. sew we -- so we honor her for standing up for what is right. she is an inspiration because she set the example that when you seeing is wrong, you speak out and you do something about it. and she also provided a great example for why we need to listen -- why we need to listen to all perspective and voices, especially those who have been left out or left behind oftentimes intentionally. i think of stella martin, a champion of equal rights herself, she described elizabeth as a fighter with velvet gloves and she was truly a fighter. elizabeth pre atro -- we all have a responsibility to be respond to the calls from our constituents who are seeking protection, including through electoral reforms and improvements for voter access. we all know we went through a v