Dana Rohrabacher: “this is our opportunity to state whether or not we believe that the United States of America is benefited by…”

“this is our opportunity to state whether or not we believe that the United States of America is benefited by bilingualism. In every other country of the world where we have permitted and they have actually promoted bilingualism, it has led to divisiveness and balkanization of countries and hatred between peoples. One of the things that has created the unity of our country that is made up of so many different ethnic groups, so many different races, so many different religions, has been the English language. We are not doing anyone a favor by making it easier for them not to speak English. We are, in fact, doing a great disservice to those least fortunate people and those immigrants who come to our country by not encouraging them, by not giving them the incentive to learn English. It is a crime against those people and against their children. More than this, what we have here is an expensive mandate. In my county, we have five different languages that are mandated, and two more on the way. In L.A. County, there are 10 different languages, an enormous expense in order to produce ballots and ballot measures and the descriptions of those measures for the population. What are we doing this for? In the long run, it is damaging to our country. Vote against bilingualism. Support the Stearns amendment.…”