I also want to commend Senator DAMATO who is going to be carrying this bill in the Senate for the work that he has done on this bill and so many other issues which involve the Irish Peace Process. And that is what this is really about. It is obviously very important for the 12.000 people who are going to receive visas over the next 3 years. It is very important for families. it is very important for their communities. because these men and women who come here are going to learn skills. they are going to be able to go back to Ireland in several years. they are going to be able to alleviate and attack the terrible poverty that has wracked so many parts of northern Ireland. Those of us who have been to the north have seen the terrible poverty in areas such as Valley Murphy and along the Falls Road and the Shanker Road. and other parts of the north of Ireland and the border counties which have been devastated by 30 years of fighting just in the north of them.