we will be proud that weid. now let me turn to the "dream" ac which also would have come if we had been able to get cloture andoved to the defense authorization bill. minnesota is what it is today because we welcomed immigrants with open arms. we welcomed the swedes who first tilled our fields and built our railroads. we welcomed the norwegians who thrived in our lumber industry and founded choirs that remain the best in the world today. we welcomed the danes who made our state a leader in dairy farming. we worked the finns and the czechs. in fact, from the time we were admitted to the union in 1858 until 1890, no less than one-third of minnesotans were born abroad. today, most of the people that we welcome don't come from europe, they don't speak swedish or german. they speak spanish or hmong or somali. they aren't a third of our population. just 7% of minnesotans were born abroad, so there are few -- far fewer immigrants in minnesota by percentage. mr. president, let me tell you, these folks work just as hard