mr. berman. mr. agree does knows we have been on a long journey. i cannot -- mr.odriguez knows we have been on a long journey. i cannot start any question without saying the real commitment of the nation is copper hence of immigration reform. what i remember in terms of our work, the years going past, we worked on issues such as poor housing for farmworkers, poor health conditions, poor working conditions. we were at the bare minimum of trying to create a decent way of life. i'm also reminded of the friendship of cesar chavez and martin luther king. it has been a long, long journey. and i frankly believe that if we look at this issue and do not provide a component that deals with the rights of workers, then we may be going in the same cycle again. so i just want to ask mr. rodriguez -- i may have time for someone else -- to be able to share with me your thoughts about whether there is a framework for protecting workers. i want to ask, as sort of a pointed question, that farmworkers are everybody. if 500 american workers wanted to come and do that work, everybody i