President. I rise to support this piece of legislation which I think might more appropriately be called the ultimate patience bill because I do not think any piece of legislation in my time in the Senate has had more hours spent on it. more tedium. more negotiation. more conferences broken up and then reconvened. or more willingness on the part of the Members to give of themselves in order to bring about this piece of legislation. I am sure that no immigrant. legal or otherwise. no agricultural employer. or any other kind of employer. no future citizen who is not now legally in this country. whose presence may be legalized by reason of this legislation. will ever appreciate the effort that has gone into crafting this piece of legislation. It is to my mind almost a miracle in happening. Of course. the one man who has been the miraclemaker. in addition to those on the House side. has been the Senator from Wyoming. who I know from many other dealings with himand I want him to pay attention to what I am sayingthat he is not always so patient. is not always so relaxed. is not always that willing to negotiate. but in this instance you cannot believe how patient he was. how willing he was to work back and forth. how willing he was never to throw up his hands and say. well. that is it.
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