{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11815-2", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "SENATOR ABRAHAM", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S11815", "S11816", "[{\"name\": \"Edward M. Kennedy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Spencer Abraham\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. S11815", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11815-S11816]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                            SENATOR ABRAHAM\n\n  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I did want to take a moment, as someone\n\n[[Page S11816]]\n\nwho has been involved in immigration issues over some 38 years in the\nSenate, and someone who has worked with colleagues in a bipartisan way.\nI wanted to let my friend from Michigan know something which I hope he\nalready does know. I wanted to share the great respect I have for him\nand his leadership on immigration issues, as the chairman of the\nSubcommittee on Immigration.\n  Immigration issues bring out, really, the best and the worst in our\ncolleagues. These are emotional issues for many of us. We have a Senate\nand House of Representatives that have strong views on these issues.\nHis hand has been a steady, guiding one of leadership over this period\nof time, and one I thought showed enormous sensitivity in helping to\nguide immigration policy in a way that respects the strong tradition of\npeople in this Nation to acknowledge and continually work to remedy the\nvery significant inequities that are still a part of our policy.\n  I also point out what I think all of us in this body remember, his\nstrong leadership in helping us work through the skill shortage in our\nhigh-tech industries. He led the Judiciary Committee and the Senate in\nthe development of that program. What certainly impressed me during\nthat period of time was his constant willingness to look at different\nideas, different approaches, and differing views, and to always try to\nreach out to find some common understanding in these areas in order to\nmove the process forward--a real legislator.\n  I know he is proud of many different aspects of his service in the\nSenate, but I wanted to express from this side of the aisle the\naffection and friendship of those of us who have worked with him in\nsome very important areas of public policy, and the high regard and\nrespect we have for him. We are hopeful that we'll have a chance to\nwork with him on public policy in the future.\n  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, if I might, I thank the Senator from\nMassachusetts for his kind remarks. I had occasion a couple of days ago\nto speak to the Senate. At that time I expressed publicly my thanks to\nhim. He was not in the Chamber at the time, so I reiterate it here. We\nworked, I think, in a very constructive way on a number of issues as\nmembers of the Subcommittee on Immigration and on a variety of other\nissues he has mentioned here as well. I thank him for his remarks\ntoday.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11815-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 34.58967199549079, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}