Basic rights. if you want to get something done, just tell me it's impossible. as a trefreshman senator, i was told you couldn't repeal don't ask, don't tell. even members of my own party told me it wasn't convenient. when are civil rights ever convenient? we stood up to the pentagon and got it done, not impossible. ten years ago, i was told you couldn't pass health care for our 9/11 first responders. those heroes who raced up the towers when others were coming down, even when congress turned its back on them, we kept fighting. just last week we made the 9/11 health bill permanent. [ applause ...