they were thinking about voting against the bill, and bob motsui made a great statement. we had a number of people who made great statements on the floor that day. peter rodino, the chairman of the committee, there was a republican congressman from new york -- hmm. i can picture him, ham fisher. congressman ham fisher from new york who gave a wonderful speech in support of the bill. and so it was a momentous day. >> so i know there are a lot of people that really worked hard to pass it. because of time, maybe you could share one or two stories about some of the people who helped pass the bill. >> oh, man, you know, one thing about -- there are a lot of countries that call themselves democracies, but the thing that makes the democracy of the united states so distinctive from any other country in the world is that it requires citizen participation this thing kept on bubbling pup people working working at the grassroots level all across the country. here is something that impacted on 123,000 people back in 1942. out of a population of 200 million people, who cares? you know,

they were thinking about voting against the bill, and bob motsui made a great statement. we had a number of people who made great statements on the floor that day. peter rodino, the chairman of the committee, there was a republican congressman from new york -- hmm. i can picture him, ham fisher. congressman ham fisher from new york who gave a wonderful speech in support of the bill. and so it was a momentous day. >> so i know there are a lot of people that really worked hard to pass it. because of time, maybe you could share one or two stories about some of the people who helped pass the bill. >> oh, man, you know, one thing about -- there are a lot of countries that call themselves democracies, but the thing that makes the democracy of the united states so distinctive from any other country in the world is that it requires citizen participation this thing kept on bubbling pup people working working at the grassroots level all across the country. here is something that impacted on 123,000 people back in 1942. out of a population of 200 million people, who cares? you know,