In that same year. Congress passed legislation providing Federal aid to elementary and secondary schools and I was one of the architects in working out the formula to accommodate objections that had delayed passage by focusing aid on children from poorer families. Another landmark achievement in 1965 was the act. which I helped draft. abolishing the arbitrary and restrictive immigration quota system and substituting a new and fairer system. My longstanding efforts for proposals forbidding age discrimination in employment were incorporated in a 1967 law. I was gratified to be a leader in the successful 1966 fight to increase the minimum wage.
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