senator ted stevens.is is coming up on saturday. i've come to the floor this afternoon to make sure that all those of us who serve here, all who are listening know why it's important that we continue to remember and celebrate this truly great man. ted's service to our country began during world war ii when he enlisted in the army air corps as a pilot. he supported general shenalt's flying tigers, flying missions over the hump many, many times behind enemy lines. after the war, ted stevens completed law school, he moved north to the future, to alaska, where he served as a u.s. attorney in fairbanks. it was a few years later, during the eisenhower administration, that he joined the department of interior, where he served as secretary fred seton's right-hand man in the successful fight for alaska statehood. after statehood, ted was elected to the alaska house of representatives. that was 1964. he was then appointed to the u.s. senate in 1968. he would go on to win reelection to the senate seven straight time

steven, i just -- i'm a parent too. i just can't believe the amount of tame that we're spending on things like this. it just seems like common sense is tedamerica. the is dead in america. >> yeah. you know, the one thing that we really want to get across is, you know, we bear no ill will towards these, toward these students or their families. rachel: of course. >> we understand they're going through challenges that the rest of us probably don't understand fully, but still we have an a obligation and a right and a duty to protect our children and their interests. and, you know, policy 80-40 as written is simply untenable, and i think the governor has made his, you know, his position clear that this has been rolled back in louden county. i think he said his position is crystal clear. there's a lot of other issues going on in loudoun county odd that need addressed. rachel: yeah, for sure. i'm going. to stick with you for a second here, stephen. the elections are coming up. how much is this issue going to play into the school board elections? >> i think it's this issue and then the recent issue with, you know, fentanyl overdoses, the lack of