the health, education, labor, and pensions committee be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session and that brent becker and ben struby, interns with the committee, also be granted floor privileges for today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, 24 years ago on july 26, 1990, president george her better -- e herbert walker bush on a glorious sun-filled day on the white house lawn attended by more people than had ever attended a bill signing in the history of our country, were there and president bush signed into law the americans with disabilities act, a bill broadly supported by democrats and republicans here in the senate and in the house. it was a momentous occasion. you see, most people thought of civil rights as pertaining to people of color, religion, national origin, sex, that type of thing, but up until july 26 of 1990, people with disabilities had that civil rights. and i remember when president bush signed that law, he uttered these words. he said, "let the shameful walls of discrimination come tumbling down." a wonderful day. and looking back over those 24 ye