i will have more to say about that when i introduced bobby silverstein. but pat wright was just indefatigable. tell us about that. [applause] there are a couple of people that we have not mentioned get and where would like to say some the about. the first from was congressman hamilton fish on the house side. originally, he and silver at -- silvia conti or the first republican sponsors willing to go on the bill. >> before low weicker? >> on the house side. >> oh, sorry. an >> and congressman fish was one of the best of champions on the house side getting the past and i miss him a lot. also, i think the house misses him a lot. also sandy perino should be mentioned for a number of reasons. one, she's got more guts than i do. [laughter] #2, she is the parent of a disabled child and because of that, force the council to do the first draft of the ada when they did not want to do it go all. i have heard she is writing a book. i am sure we will all be in it. [laughter] she has a place in the history of the ada. >> before you go on, sandy is in town. she will be a

>> there are not enough words in english language for me to express the gratitude i have for bobby silverstein. [applause] we all did a lot. everybody pitched in and worked hard. but bobby committed himself. heart, soul, time, effort, a day in and day out working to bring these groups together. my best memory of bobby, we finally got to the and and there were some things we could not agree on. i called together all the groups that were in erode -- a room over here. they were still disagreeing, we could not agree on things. i said, bobby, you have got to get them together. he said, go in there and tell them that. i said that we are not leaving until we get an agreement. i went back to my office to do other things, and after several hours, bobby came out so in sweat -- soaked in sweat, but he had all thr grou -- the groups together. i thank bobby. [applause] >> i would first like to take a minute to recognize my colleague on the subcommittee who was my right hand person who made all of this happen. cady, stand up. i would like to start by sharing and off the record conversation. please do not sh