Bruce Morrison

Bruce Andrew Morrison is an American attorney, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. In 1990, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut. As chair of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, he was a primary author of the Immigration Act of 1990, one of only two major immigration bills in United States history to increase legal immigration. He has been an advocate for Irish-American causes and American involvement in the Irish peace process, including acting as a key intermediary between Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and President Bill Clinton.