it is really about the ability of one member of congress to incite violence using her political platform. she has called ilhan omar a suicide bomber, and the amount of harm and violence that that has done not only to my good friend representative omar who travels in an armored vehicle with six security guards everywhere she goes, but also to muslims across the country and to any population to whom violence can be incited from a member of congress. and so i think it is very important that there's accountability, and we have to be consistent about this. we can't act when there are acts of violence against certain populations but suddenly when it gets to muslims and islamophobia there is no action. so that is why ayanna pressley has led the resolution, but i'm proud to co-lead with her. prior to that i worked with the chairs of the congressional black caucus, the congressional