Of particular importance for me was Senator Wellstone's yeoman work in delaying the passage of the odious "Bankruptcy Reform Act" currently before Congress. In 1998, he was the only dissenting vote in the Senate on the measure, which was subsequently vetoed by then-President Clinton. With a Republican President poised to sign the more recent version, his task became more difficult, but he rose to the occasion grandly, as this speech shows. Preserving the people's right to a fresh start in our bankruptcy courts ought to one of his greatest legacies.