mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: no. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. mr. schumer: mr. president, last night, the country lost a giant of democratic politics. a kind and revered public servant, a vice president who reimagined the position and expanded americans' views of who could hold america's highest offices. walter mondale, known to friends and foes alike as fritz, died at the age of 93. as president carter's right-hand man, fritz revolutionized the role of the vice vice-presidenc. there is an old yarn about two brothers. one went off to sea, and the other became vice president. neither was heard from again. that's not view of walter mondale. walter mondale was an uncooperative subject for those vice-presidential comedians. not only was he often the last person in the room with the president when the tough decisions were made, but he became an unofficial ambassador for the administration. his relationship with

mr. president. mr. carper: mr. t, i rise in support of senator kennedy's amendment, because we need to know more about boil -- boil orders, something that i frankly hadn't heard a lot about. thank you for bringing to our attention. these are frequently used and transparency is needed on them. thank you. i yield to the gentlewoman from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you. i pull up my local newspaper and the first thing that that comes up is listing the boil water advisories. this is absolutely needed. i think it's a great idea. i am very much in support of this. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. opposed say no. the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote in relation to amendment number 1472. mr. manchin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i rise in opposition to this amendment by senator lee. his amendment would amend the antiquities

mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the postcloture time on the power nomination expire at 3:30 p.m. if confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. following disposition of the nomination, the senate resume legislative session and vote on the passage of calendar number 48, senate joint resolution 14 and that if passioned, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, at 3:30 p.m., the senate will vote on confirmation of samantha power to be administrator of the united states agency for international development. on passage of the joint resolution of disapproval regarding the methane rule. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: many times in the past presidents should be given a good deal of discretion when choosing their political appointees and so long as

mr. president. mr. president, i want to go on with my -- join with my colleague, senator cantwell, in congratulating senator hirono and all of us for almost unanimously passing this bill that would try to stop discrimination against asian americans. and i'm happy it passed a. you think -- there was only one vote against it. i just don't think it goes far enough. i think it is ludicrous, it is odious to me that in the year 2021 we have major universities in the united states of america that are setting quotas on their admissions for asian americans. not quotas to have enough asian americans, quotas to keep asian americans out. they are. and everybody in this body knows they're doing that a -- that. harvard is in litigation over it. harvard officials have already stated that but for their quotas, there would be twice as many asian americans at harvard as there are now. if they based the decision solely on academic achievement. and that's wrong. there's no way to discriminate in the right way. discriminatio

mr. president, i yield. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, it's been many years ago that i went to law school. and i still remember some of the courses and some of the teachers and certainly some of my grades. one of the most interesting courses should have been required of every student in every law school in america, and it basically was about this document, this constitution. because in its simplicity, you're sometimes put off by the fact that there's real wisdom behind the words and applying them in real life can take twists and turns. i found one way, a quick course in constitutional law where average people come to understand the bill of rights better than most. and i found this when i was practicing law in springfield, illinois, and i would get a telephone call from a parent who would say to me, durbin, you've got to help me. they arrested my 17-year-old son for possession of marijuana. what are his rights under the constitution? did they give him a miranda warning? and i started hearing things from parents comin

mr. president. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. durbin: i would like to ask the chair for clarification. it is my understanding there are four hours of debate, evenly divided between the democrats and republicans on the charge petition? the presiding officer: yes, between the leaders or their designees. mr. durbin: and either side can yield back? the presiding officer: that's correct. mr. durbin: let me be the first to rise today on our side and say that i am in strong support of the nomination of vanita gupta to be the associate attorney general. the justice department has not had a senate-confirmed associate attorney general in over three years because president trump never put forward a nominee. the number three position in the department of justice has been virtually vacant of a senate-confirmed nominee for three years. that position, by definition, oversees the department's civil litigation components. this is no small deal. it's a big deal. the department

mr. president. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, we live in bipartisan -- sorry. we live in partisan times. but there are moments when we can break through the typical divisions and work together on matters of real urgency. theanti-asian hate crimes legislation this week is such a matter. it's a very straightforward and relatively modest bill to address a pressing and important issue in the country. it would designate a point person at the justice department to identify hate crimes towards asian americans related to covid-19, telling federal law enforcement to make these hate crimes a top priority during the pandemic. just as important, it would send a strong message to two groups -- to the asian american community that the country is paying atten

mr. president. when we had a 35% corporate rate, many american companies acquired companies in ireland, for example, where there was a 9% corporate rate and we saw them take headquarters there. so that's my question to you. what is the impact of, for example, a 43.4% capital gains tax? you sell your home, you sell portfolio, you're giving 43.4% to the government if you're in that highest earning bracket. the capital gains tax, the corporate tax and individual taxes we're still not clear. president biden has not made clear whether it's 400,000 for families or 400,000 for individuals. this is a very important point. but they sort of muddy it up and we don't know the answer. but regardless, if you're overturning your tax cut plan of 2017, everybody's taxis going up -- tax is going up. what kind of impact do you expect on the economy and the stock market? >> so i got and got approved the largest tax decrease in the history of our country, bigger than the ronald reagan decrease. this was the biggest, mos

mr. president. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk, and i would say and due to the recent verdict in the george floyd trial, and we know and understand what this may do across the country, and the fact that we finally see someone being held to action for their action, we will go to roll call, and if anyone wants to comment on the verdict, they may, and then, we can come back to, of course, approval the minutes, madam clerk. >> clerk: okay. first to introduce new business is supervisor mandelman. if you're here, supervisor mandelman? and if not, then we will go to supervisor mar. >> president walton: you know what, madam clerk, now that i think about it, because this is definitely not -- not going to be that fair to my colleagues, colleagues, we're going to start moving through the agenda, but if you could prepare for comments and remarks and prepare for introductions because i know it's going to come to the end, and some is -- some folks may still be getting ready for it. >> superviso

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. on friday, amazon, one of the world's largest corporations, successfully crushed the most recent union drive at one of their warehouses where workers are organizing for a voice on the job. let's be clear. this was never a fair fight. amazon is perhaps the world's most powerful corporation. they would not be raking in profits without the hard work and dedication of its hundreds, hundreds of thousands of american workers. yet amazon unleashed all that corporate power to fight those same workers. they harassed employees with antiunion propaganda. they sent misleading text messages and websites and flyers. workers reported they don't even get enough time to go to the bathroom, to get enough time for bathroom breaks in the warehouse. that's how intense the company's pressure is. and yet when they are able to use the bathroom during this union fight, even there workers are hit with antiunion propaganda flyers on the stall doors. amazon can he and -- demanded

mr. president. in the introduction to your marvelous, new book, "a full life," and let me just give that a plug, you should all read "a full life" by jimmy carter -- carter. you quote in the introduction mondale's summary of your years in office, "we told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace." you added, "and we promoted human rights." thank you very much. [applause] we all remember how you embraced human rights so firmly and consistently. we became known, in parts of the world, in ways that we had not report, because of that. and that is still true in many parts of the world. what was the motivation that made human rights such a priority? and if you would, what do you see is the largest human rights issue in the world today? pres. carter: to go back to when i was a child, i grew up in a community where my family was billy white family there. so i grew up in a group of about 215 african-americans. so my whole life was shaped by african-american culture. as i got older, i realized that

president biden. the article said, mr. biden's aide are worried about the spending that they -- to funnel out $2.3 trillion over eight years which is slower than traditional stimulus. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the article be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. scott: madam president, the content and conclusions of these meetings and working groups have not been disclosed or made available to the public the while privately worrying about the same issue i have been sounding the alarm on for months. the biden administration continues to mislead the american public and ignore the threat of inflation. i asked the national economic council to protect american families. i've written to federal reserve members asking what could be done who are seeing increasing mortgage rates. i called on president biden and commissioner powell to address the rising prices. i have yet to hear a straightforward response. i've yet to hear them acknowledge this threat or propose a solution to protect

the presiding officer: senator. mr. leahy: madam president, i ask consent to continue on my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: but before i do, i want to thank the distinguished majority leader for putting samantha power on the agenda this week. i think she is extraordinarily well qualified, and i look forward to voting for her. and i ask for those comments to be at the end of my speech. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and to go back to where i was to continue what i was saying before and without showing the interruption, it's important that the next director of the u.s. patent and trademark office respect the law, including the statutory bond set by congress. the last administration took steps to undermine the leahy-smith act. they acted outside of the statutory bounds. i've always sought to the curb the potential for poor-quality patents to be abused. that drove much of the work of what we did ten years ago. so i look forward to supporting a nominee for director who share

mr. president. and thank you, mr. prime minister. mr. president, in your last press conference you said successful presidents prioritize and you were focusing an agenda on one thing at a time. i'd like to ask you, what would you say to many of americans who voted for you about the legislative progress on gun control and police reform having to wait while you pursue infrastructure? given that we continue to see these incidents of mass shootings, including police-involved shootings, like the most recent one we saw in chicago. do you feel any need to reprioritize your agenda? president biden: i've never not prioritized this. no one has worked harder to deal with the violence used by individuals using weapons than i have. i'm the only one to have passed an assault weapon ban. i'm the only one who have bans on assault weapons, clips of more than 10 bullets. immediately upon us coming into office, the attorney general, i asked him to put together the things i could do by executive order, including dealing with new guns that can be made, you can

mr. president, democrats and the white house in the first three months of the presidency has been a long stream of f policies and proposals that seem to come right from progressives playbook. proposals for tax hikes and more tax hikes and still, more tax hikes to pay for new governmentr programs like the president green new deal for the crime of court. sharp retreat from border security a huge crisis going on at the border as a result a bill that would place unprecedented restrictions on the free exercise ofin religion in the ne of equality.or legislation to dramatically revise our electoral system secure their hold on power. the list goes on. once in america's institutions, the president established a commission to explore the idea of court packing. perhaps the most outrageously partisan and political proposal we've seen in this country, from the way democrats are behaving, you'd think the american people elected overwhelming democrat majority, a president with a reputation as a strong leftist but of course, that's not the case. we all know that. democrats have razor thin majority in th

mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor haney. >> a present. >> haney, present. >> supervisor mandelman. >> present. >> mandelman, present. >> a supervisor mar. >> present. >> supervisor melgar? okay. supervisor peskin? >> present. >> peskin, present. >> supervisor preston? >> a present. >> preston, present. >> supervisor ronen? >> ronen, present. >> supervisor safai? >> present. >> safai, present. supervisor stefani? >> present. >> stefani, present. supervisor walton? >> present. >> and melgar? melgar, not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, they have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takeers of this place as well as all peoples who preside in this traditional territory. we be

mr. president? >> president walton: thank you so much, and thank you, everyone, for your public comment. public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> president walton: madam clerk, please call all the items for adoption without committee reference, items 32 and 32. >> clerk: the following items are up for adoption without committee reference. alternatively, a member of the board may require a resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. would anyone like to sever any items? is that a hand, supervisor chan? >> commissioner chan: yes. president walton, i would like to sever item 32. >> president walton: okay. seeing no one else on the roster, madam clerk, please call the roll on item 31. >> clerk: on item 31 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you, and without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president walton: madam clerk, please call item number 32. >> clerk: item 32 is a resolution to support california senat

mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak up to seven months prior to the vote onrd the nomination. >> without objection, so ordered. >> authorized to speak about , theto president under secretaryf defense for policy. most basic responsibility of our government and military is to protect the national security helping allies and straining our enemies the pentagon policy chief is responsible for those evaluations. unfortunately, i've come to believe his judgment is irreparably marred by obsessive animosity towards israel. i can think of no other way to explain the years of consistent wrong abuse regarding the middle east and not just that but impulsive and reckless. he's repeatedly spelled out his conspiracy theories and attacks on twitter and other public venues. he views the world through a clock cracked lens and i challenge my democratic imcolleagues to explain one sime thing, what otherna explanation other than animosity to the world's only jewishte state coud possibly account for these stagg

mr. president.he board of supervisors welcomes your general public comment if you are -- if you've already called in early, you're ready to go. just press star 3. that will get you in line to speak. otherwise, the telephone number is scrolling on your screen. it's (415) 655-0001 and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting id 187 357 0180 and press pound twice. if you're ready press starly and then you can provide your public comment. we realize you may be multi-tasking and the phone may be unattended by the time your line is unmuted. otherwise, each caller will have two minutes to provide their comment. you're at the eligible agenda content. the subject matter jurisdiction items that are not on the agenda and items 34 through 41 on the adoption without reference to committee. all other items are not agenda content eligible today. all right, we do have interpreters on stand by. they know to jump in and to assist the public. and so, operation, let's hear from the first caller, please. i believe we

mr. president. seeing no names on the roster, that's the end of new business. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. we are now at public comment. >> all right. at this time, the board members welcome your general comment. the telephone number is scrolling on your screen. entering the meeting i.d. press pound twice skull have joined the meeting. you will hear the discussion and muted in the listening queue. provide your comments press star 3 and you will hear this system prompt you and you have been unmuted and just begins speaking your comments. if you are multi tasking when you are wait to provide comments, you may leave the line unattended and when we get to you, if it is silent, we troy to circle back but it's best that you are on the line when we troy to receive your public comment. each call ler have two minutes and i believe we have our interpreters with us and operations can we have the first caller, please. i understand we have 12 listeners and eight in the queue. >> welcome, caller. >> hello. >

mr. president. our colleagues can't defend any of the details of their radical policies so they want to change the subject -- change the subject by any means necessary. look at voting regulations. the recent bill passed in the state of georgia mandates more days of early voting than plenty of democratic-run states allow. it continues no-excuse absentee voting which some blue states do not allow. there's no factual standard by which its overall approach is radically more restrictive than the rules in place in many other states, blue or red. "the washington post" has given the white house its worst rating, four -- four pinocchios for repeated lies about georgia and the election law. but the president and his staff just keep on doubling down. one of our colleagues who represents georgia put his name to a public statement -- to a public statement with inaccurate information about the bill. in the rules committee, the democratic leader shouted angry attacks at things the georgia law simply doesn't do. wh

mr. president, all members are present. >> president walton: thank you. san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. ramaytush ohlone have never lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize that we benefit from the living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues, please place your right hand over your heart and join in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv. we have them with us today, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. as we have a special guest with us this afternoon, madam clerk, please call the 2:00 p.m. special order. >> clerk: the special order at 2:00 p.m. is t

mr. scott: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: madam president, the united states is a beacon of democracy in the world, and our nation was founded on free and fair elections. but if the american people don't have confidence in our elections, we don't have a sustainable democracy. what we saw this past election was confusion and chaos us coulded by inconsistent standards and last-minute changes. it's not just the chaos from this past election that troubles americans across the country. for more than a decade, a growing number of americans have become less confident that their votes were accurately cast and counted. if we want to continue as a thriving democracy, we have to reverse this trend and take actions so americans trust in free and fair elections. ness no other option. that's why i've joined my colleagues in introducing the save democracy act to restore faith in our federal elections and guarantee that voters decide the outcomes of elections, not the courts. that's why i'm here today to ask my colleagues to join me in

mr. president. can i ask operations to mute the excess noise, please. >> clerk: so on items 23 through 27 and 31 through 35 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk, and without objection, these resolutions are adopted and approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 28. >> clerk: item 28 is a resolution to support california state assembly bill 257, authored by assembly member lorena gonzales of district 80, to enact the fast-food accountability and standards recovery act, legislation that would empower and protect california's 500,000 fast-food workers. >> supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, yesterday, i attended a rally to set industry wide health and safety standards and hold corporations accountability for keeping workers safe. we heard from women workers at mcdonalds about repeated and blatant failure by managers failing to follow covid-19 health measures, resulting in several women testing positive for covid-19. and even before the pande

mr. president. >> there you have it. these are live pictures now coming in from ben crump and the other representatives of the floyd family. you see them there. we just heard from the president, the vice president and the first lady. they called ben crump to express their relief and their pleasure at these guilty verdicts. let's listen in. >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> before we say anything, we're going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and we went to the site, when ben crump called, we remembered how eric garner said "i can't breathe" 11 times. his mother came with us to the site. the family came in and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go over and over and over again. this family stood with pain, suffering and not knowin

mr. president, all members are present. >> president walton: thank you. san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. ramaytush ohlone have never lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize that we benefit from the living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues, please place your right hand over your heart and join in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv. we have them with us today, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. as we have a special guest with us this afternoon, madam clerk, please call the 2:00 p.m. special order. >> clerk: the special order at 2:00 p.m. is t

mr. president. and thank you mr. primet minster mr. president you said successful presidents prioritize and you are focused on one agenda at a time what would you say to americans who voted for you on gun control and police reform having to wait while we pursue infrastructure given we continue to see these incidents with mass shooting and also police-involved shootings including the incident a lot of us saw in chicago most recently. do you feel the need to reprioritize your agenda >> i've never not prioritized this no one has worked harder to deal with the violence used by individuals using weapons than i have i am the only one to pass an assault weapons ban or to have a ten-year ban on assault weapons with clips more than ten bullets, immediately upon us becoming office, i asked our attorney general to put together things i can do by executive order including new guns you can make in pieces and put together and other initiatives. i strongly support, i strongly support the universal background checks, which i continue to push congress h

mr. president. would like to, when the time is appropriate, to make some amendments and comments. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin. there is a motion and a second. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you. colleagues, i've been to a number of these hearings and appeals, and let me make some kinds of contentions that are opposite to the assertions by the council for the applicant, at&t. first of all, insofar as this does require a conditional use, this board of supervisors has the right and has exercised that right in the past to grant the appeal or not. the federal preemptions are limited to issues around radio frequency, radiation, not to the other conditions pursuant to section 303 of the planning code. and i think that there are plenty there, and let me take them in no particular or the. the use has to be necessary, beneficial, and desirable. it is for this board to decide on appeal de novo. we are hearing this new. we do not have to rely on the planning commission, albe

mr. president.he board of supervisors welcomes your general public comment if you are -- if you've already called in early, you're ready to go. just press star 3. that will get you in line to speak. otherwise, the telephone number is scrolling on your screen. it's (415) 655-0001 and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting id 187 357 0180 and press pound twice. if you're ready press starly and then you can provide your public comment. we realize you may be multi-tasking and the phone may be unattended by the time your line is unmuted. otherwise, each caller will have two minutes to provide their comment. you're at the eligible agenda content. the subject matter jurisdiction items that are not on the agenda and items 34 through 41 on the adoption without reference to committee. all other items are not agenda content eligible today. all right, we do have interpreters on stand by. they know to jump in and to assist the public. and so, operation, let's hear from the first caller, please. i believe we

mr. president and mr. vice president, the army does want me back. enke very much, but i've got to go back to the army. and reagan kind of looked over and said that includes a fourth star? and i said yes, i'm going to get a fourth star. i got my fourth star, took command of one million soldiers. headquarters in atlanta, georgia. and that lasted maybe four months. and i got a call that said we want you to come see the new secretary of defense, that was cheney. he said the president wants you to become the chairman. president bush, now. i said, i'm the jr. for star. there are 15 four-stars. and i'm number 15. i've only been a four star about three months. what is your point? i said well, yeah, ok. so he reported that the president and he came back and said the president has two questions. one, can you do it? no infantry officer would ever say i can't do it. i said yes, i can do it. and then he said are you worried about having everybody jr. to you? army, navy, air force. and i said it's not a problem, mr. president. i said it's not a problem, we are pr

mr. president wants to get you. i mean on the phone, i'm sorry mr. president on the phone. so we we put the president on with senator ervin and senator baker and they they asked him they said they thought under the separation of powers that he should honor the subpoena and turn over not out of the head and talk about subpoena at that time that he should turn over the tapes voluntarily and of course, he said no and that's when the committee voted that they would have to savannah the president. and then since there was no procedure for delivering a subena because he'd never been done before on the president. as the chief operating officer of the of the senate watergate committee. i chose myself if you want to know the exact truth i chose myself to deliver the subpoena and i thought well, you know, you got to have a couple. couple exciting things to do and so i got in the back of the police car went down pennsylvania avenue, and they must have been 200 news people following and we got to the executive office building. and there was another crowd of the reporters there and we h

mr. president? i think you for being here do this milestone with us and your tremendous support of amtrak throughout your career of serving our nation. the american jobs plant which includes $80 billion for rail, is just what the country needs as it goes to the future. america needs a rail network that offers frequent, reliable, sustainable and equitable train service. amtrak has the vision and the expertise to deliver it. now, we need congress to provide the funding for the next 50 years. our vision includes expanding rail service to connect to up to 160 new communities throughout the united states by building new and improved corridors in over 25 states. as part of this comprehensive plan, amtrak will introduce new stations in over half of the united states, increase rail service to 47 of our top 50 millipore -- metropolitan areas and create half a million new jobs, new well-paying jobs. we are not stopping there. we are investing in our fleet. last week, we announced the procurement of 83 train s

mr. president. and just greatest privilege of my life. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from washington, d.c. i'm mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. we are in the midst of a war on democracy. launched by the republican party. and fueled by the big lie that the last election was stolen from donald j. trump. it wasn't. he lost. but just look at these new numbers. according to the brennan center for justice, as of march 24th, legislators have introduced 361 bills with restrictive voting provisions in 47 states. that's 108 more than the 253 restrictive bills tallied as of february 9th, 2021. a 43% increase in little more than a month. 43% increase. as an aside, congratulations to delaware, ohio, and vermont, three states that have not brought in any restrictive bills yet. we talked yesterday about the increasing backlash to georgia's recent voter suppression law with the ceos of both delta and coca-cola, two of the state's largest employers explicitly condemning the legislation, and the f