Bill Clinton: “I want you to know that the opportunity I have had to serve as President at the dawn of a new era in human history has…”

We need immigrants that have been vetted to do work.

It was too late for a primary.

We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.'

keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached