mr. mark cohen was the person who defended that law. it's quite ironic that we have these nominations. >> so that's -- it seems like it's twofold. we're hearing the diversity argument and we're also hearing because it has to do with voter i.d. laws. let me ask you about something the white house is saying. they are saying a couple of things. one, they're trying to say that president obama has a pretty good record when it comes to appointing a diverse crowd to the bench. they have put out statistics that 1% of the confirmed judges the president has put forward have been african-american, compare that to 8% under george w. bush, 16% under president clinton. the other thing they say, reverend, is that the members of the house who obviously you have on your side in objecting to this relate to the game that this is a process that is played out over months. there is a painstaking negotiation with republican georgia senators who objected to some of his nominees and that's how some of this was worked out and that at the time, the house delegati