17% of members of congress in both houses are women and that ranks 78th in the world tied with turkmenistan by lisa ho. i have a custom when i think about these issues. it's become a kind of transparent uninvestigated fact about political representation in the country i don't have an expectation that that political representation would be 50/50, would represent, you know, the actual breakdown of men and women. >> not even in political representation like as a pl playwright working in the theater. the exact same 17% of women in congress. >> fascinating. >> exact same. >> daily beast said that this week. she called it the 16% ghetto. >> that is fascinating. >> this is where we are plateaued right now. i think real echoes of 1992 and each if you look at the visuals we got with the issa hearing with those guys, this is the visual of clarence thomas anne joe biden all male panel grilling anita hill. very different issues at stake but a lot of them are very similar. i think that the kind of energy you're seeing i would say you have the excitement of the democratic party is around democratic candi