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JOHN LINDER: “Mr. Speaker, in closing let me just say this is a modest attempt to do what the people of this country have wanted for…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1996
Mr. Speaker, in closing let me just say this is a modest attempt to do what the people of this country have wanted for some time in overwhelming numbers, to establish English as the first and official language of this country. For over 200 years, the glue that held the fabric of this society together was a common language. Thirty years ago, we began to change that. We began to deal with people in different languages. That isolated them. This bill is going to bring them back together. The isolation that was created by putting people in pockets of communities that spoke a different language kept them apart and out of the American dream. This is a modest effort to change that. I urge support for the rule.
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JOHN LINDER
Georgia
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Discussing the importance of establishing English as the official language of the United States.

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