He has distinguished himself throughout his career in the House. and his name is synonymous with notions of fairness. fair play. opportunity. fighting against discrimination. and opening up our country to those who would like to come and share in its promise and help to build that promise for the future. In my district. he is known as Mr. Immigration. He is known as the person that we all know who fought to abolish the quota system. to do away with ethnic discrimination in our immigration laws. and to allow the idea of coming to America to be much more fully realized around the world. It is a record that all of us hope. in our service in the House. we could have just one small part of in looking back over our careers. Here is a man who has been in the forefront of civil rights. in the forefront of immigration. who stood tall for the Constitution and the impeachment inquiry in the early seventies. who was always thought of as the bulwark of constitutional rights. willing to take an unpopular stand if necessary to see to it that constitutional rights of people. no matter how unpopular. no matter how controversial. will be respected. That is what has made this country great. the ideas and the ideals that PETER RODINO makes a part of his work day every day. he is someone that we all look up to and the American people should honor and be thankful for. and I thank the gentleman from New York for the opportunity to participate.
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