I Just want to take a few minutes to thank my colleagues. This bill is the culmination of 17 years of work. It is interesting for me. as Senator TED KENNEDY and I were both on the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy 17 years ago. With this bill. we have brought to fruition most of the things that Father Ted Hesburgh and that commission suggested to us then. We have also taken welcome direction from the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. and the late Barbara Jordan. who chaired that body. I think with what we have done in this bill. the recommendations of those Commissionsinstead of remaining as studies which stayed on the shelfhave become sweeping measures to control illegal immigration. This bill is truly sweeping. I want to thank TED KENNEDY. Senator KENNEDY has worked with me and has helped me over quite a few hurdles. He chaired the Subcommittee on Immigration before I came to the Senate. After the Republicans became the majority party in 1980. I chaired it.
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